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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom since 1801}}
{{UK constituency infobox|
|Name = Peterborough
{{Other uses|Peterborough (disambiguation)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
|Map2 = Cambridgeshire
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|Entity = Cambridgeshire
|year = 1974
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|MP = [[Stewart Jackson]]
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|Party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
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|title=England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018
|publisher=Boundary Commission for England
|access-date=23 March 2019
}}</ref>
|mp = [[Paul Bristow]]
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'''Peterborough''' is a [[borough constituency]] represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] since 2019 by [[Paul Bristow]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].

Its current form is the direct, unbroken successor of a smaller constituency that was created in the mid-16th century returning two [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) using the [[Plurality-at-large voting|bloc vote]] system of election and represented in the [[House of Commons of England]] until 1707, then in the [[House of Commons of Great Britain]] from 1707 to 1800, and then in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. From 1885 onwards, the seat has elected one MP using the [[first-past-the-post]] system.

==Boundaries and boundary changes==

=== Prior to 1918 ===
The [[Peterborough|City of Peterborough]] formed a [[parliamentary borough]] returning two members in 1541. The rest of the [[Soke of Peterborough]] was part of the [[Northamptonshire]] parliamentary county; the area south of the [[River Nene]] was in the [[historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Huntingdonshire]] and [[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]] was considered part of [[Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely|Cambridgeshire]]. Until 1832 when the whole of the parish of [[Saint John the Baptist]] was encompassed, the boundary, as far as is known, excluded the villages of [[Longthorpe, Peterborough|Longthorpe]], [[Dogsthorpe, Peterborough|Dogsthorpe]] and [[Newark, Peterborough|Newark]] with [[Eastfield, Peterborough|Eastfield]]. The [[Great Reform Act]] did not affect the borough, while the rural portion of the Soke was included in the [[North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Northern division of Northamptonshire]]. Under the Boundaries Act 1868,<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/statutesunitedk31britgoog|title=The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69]|last=Great Britain|date=1868|publisher=His Majesty's statute and law printers|others=unknown library}}</ref> [[New Fletton]] and [[Woodston, Peterborough|Woodstone]] were transferred from Huntingdonshire<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1868/Peterborough_1868|title=H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1868, Peterborough|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> and, under the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]], the borough's representation was reduced from two to one MP.

=== 1918-1950 ===

* The administrative county of the Soke of Peterborough (the Municipal Borough of Peterborough and the Rural Districts of Barnack and Peterborough);
* The Urban District of Oundle;
* The Rural Districts of Easton-on-the-Hill and Gretton; and
* Parts of the Rural Districts of Oundle and Thrapston<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=S. |first=Craig, Fred W. |title=Boundaries of parliamentary constituencies 1885-1972; |date=1972 |publisher=Political Reference Publications |isbn=0900178094 |location=Chichester |oclc=539011}}</ref>

''In 1918 the parliamentary borough was abolished and replaced with a new division of the parliamentary [[Northamptonshire|county of Northampton]] with the [[Soke of Peterborough]],<ref name="1918act">{{cite book
|last=Fraser
|first=Hugh
|title=The Representation of the People Act 1918, with Explanatory notes
|url=https://archive.org/stream/representationof00frasrich#page/515/mode/1up
|year=1918
|publisher=Sweet and Maxwell
|location=London
|pages=515–516
}}</ref> including the whole of the Soke (which had been created as a separate [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] by the [[Local Government Act 1888]]) and neighbouring parts of the administrative county of Northamptonshire, absorbing the bulk of the abolished [[North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Northern division]], incorporating [[Oundle]] and extending down to and beyond [[Thrapston]] and [[Corby]].''

=== 1950-1974 ===

* The Municipal Borough of Peterborough;
* The Urban District of Oundle;
* The Rural Districts of Barnack and Peterborough; and
* Part of the Rural District of Oundle and Thrapston<ref name=":0" />

''Designated as a [[county constituency]] under the revisions brought in for the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 general election]] by the [[Representation of the People Act 1948]], with only minor changes to the boundaries of the constituency to reflect a rationalisation of the rural districts of Northamptonshire.''

=== 1974-1983 ===

* The Municipal Borough of Peterborough; and
* The Rural Districts of Barnack, Peterborough and Thorney<ref name=":0" />

''In 1965 the administrative counties of the [[Soke of Peterborough]] and [[Huntingdonshire]] were combined to form [[Huntingdon and Peterborough]]. At the next redistribution, which came into effect for the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general election]], the constituency was redesignated as a [[Borough constituency|Borough Constituency]], composed of the local authorities which had comprised the Soke, together with the sparsely populated [[Thorney Rural District|Rural District of Thorney]], which was transferred from the [[Isle of Ely|administrative county]]/[[Isle of Ely (UK Parliament constituency)|constituency of Isle of Ely]]. The parts in Northamptonshire were transferred to [[Wellingborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Wellingborough]].''

=== 1983-1997 ===

* The City of Peterborough wards of Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Fletton, North, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Stanground, Walton and West<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1983 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/417/contents/made/data.htm |access-date=2019-03-05 |website=www.legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>

''As a result of the [[Local Government Act 1972]], the two counties of Huntingdon and Peterborough and [[Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely]] were merged to form the [[non-metropolitan county]] of Cambridgeshire, with effect from 1 April 1974. However, the next redistribution did not come into effect until the [[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983 general election]], when areas to the south of the [[River Nene]], including [[Fletton]] and [[Orton, Peterborough|the Ortons]], which were now part of the expanded [[Peterborough|City of Peterborough]], were transferred from the abolished constituency of [[Huntingdonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdonshire]]. Mainly rural areas to the east ([[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]] and [[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]]) and west ([[Barnack]] and [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]]) were transferred to the new constituencies of [[North East Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North East Cambridgeshire]] and [[Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|Huntingdon]] respectively.''

=== 1997-2010 ===

* The City of Peterborough wards of Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, North, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Walton, Werrington and West<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 1995 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1626/made/data.htm |access-date=2019-03-05 |website=www.legislation.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref>

''The next redistribution, which came into effect for the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], saw the creation of [[North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Cambridgeshire]], which took the areas to the south of the River Nene (City of Peterborough wards of Fletton, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville and [[Stanground, Peterborough|Stanground]]). [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]] was transferred back from Huntingdon.''

=== 2010-2024 ===
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* The City of Peterborough wards of [[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]] North, Bretton South, Central, [[Dogsthorpe, Peterborough|Dogsthorpe]], East, [[Eye, Cambridgeshire|Eye]] and [[Thorney, Cambridgeshire|Thorney]], [[Newborough, Cambridgeshire|Newborough]], North, Park, [[Paston, Peterborough|Paston]], [[Ravensthorpe, Peterborough|Ravensthorpe]], [[Walton, Peterborough|Walton]], [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]] North, Werrington South and West<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007 |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1681/made/data.htm |access-date=2019-03-05 |website=www.legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>

''Following their review of parliamentary representation in [[Cambridgeshire]] which came into effect for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], the [[Boundary Commission for England]] made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes, primarily the transfer back of Thorney and Eye from North East Cambridgeshire. There were also marginal changes to take account of the redistribution of City of Peterborough wards. These changes increased the electorate from 64,893 to 70,640.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Fifth periodical report : presented to Parliament pursuant to section 3(5) of the Parliamentary Constituencies Act 1986|last=England.|first=Boundary Commission for|date=2007|publisher=Sationery Office|isbn=9780101703222|location=London|oclc=85783106}}</ref> On the enumeration date of 17 February 2000, the electoral quota for England was 69,934 voters per constituency.<ref name=":2" />''

=== Current ===
Further to the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], which came into effect for the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

* The City of Peterborough wards of: Bretton; Central; Dogsthorpe; East; Eye, Thorney & Newborough; Gunthorpe; North; Park; Paston & Walton; Ravensthorpe; Werrington; West.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule I Part 2 Eastern region}}</ref>

''Marginal loss due to further ward boundary changes.''


The current constituency is composed of built-up areas of Peterborough to the north of the River Nene, as well as rural areas to the east and north and comprises approximately 60% of the electorate of the local authority of the City of Peterborough.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boundary Commission for England, 2018 Review, Associated consultation documents (Document type: Electoral data) |date=24 February 2016 |title=The electorate of each region subdivided by both local authorities and each existing constituency |url=https://www.bce2018.org.uk/publications}}</ref> Remaining parts of the city, composed of residential areas to the south of the River Nene and rural areas to the west of Peterborough form part of the [[North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Cambridgeshire]] constituency.<ref name=":1" />
'''[[Peterborough]]''' is a [[constituency]] represented in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. It elects one [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) by the [[first past the post]] system of election.


==Boundaries==
==Franchise==
[[Image:Pbguildhall.jpg|thumb|[[Peterborough Guildhall|The Guildhall]], Cathedral Square (1669–1671), site of the former Market Place.]]
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In the [[unreformed House of Commons]] to be either a candidate or an elector for a county seat, a man had to own (not rent) [[Freehold (English law)|freehold]] property valued for the [[land tax]] at two pounds a year (women could neither vote nor stand for election). They were known as the [[Forty Shilling Freeholders]]. The franchise for borough seats varied enormously. Originally in Peterborough the dean and chapter had claimed the franchise and held that only residents of Minster Precincts were burgesses. By the [[English Interregnum|interregnum]], the city was one of 37 boroughs in which [[suffrage]] was restricted to those paying [[scot and lot]], a form of municipal taxation. In 1800 there were 2,000 registered voters in Northamptonshire and 400 in Peterborough. By 1835 this was 576, or about one per cent of the population.<ref>[[Charles Knight (publisher)|Knight, Charles]] [http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Northamptonshire/peterborough.htm Peterborough in 1840] ''Old Towns of England'' Originally published in ''The Penny Magazine'' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge</ref> Bribery was general until the introduction of the [[secret ballot]] under the [[Ballot Act 1872]]. Votes were cast by spoken declaration, in public, at the [[hustings]], erected on the Market Place (now Cathedral Square).<ref>Forrester, E.G. ''Northamptonshire County Elections and Electioneering 1695–1832'' Oxford University Press, 1941</ref>


In 1832 the [[Great Reform Act]] enfranchised those who owned or leased land worth £10 or more and the [[Second Reform Act]] extended this to all householders paying £10 or more in rent per annum, effectively enfranchising the skilled working class, so by 1868 the percentage of voters in Peterborough had risen to about 20% of the population.<ref>[[Henry Pelling|Pelling, Henry Mathison]] ''A Social Geography of British Elections 1885–1910'' (pp.96–97 & 106–124) Macmillan, London, 1967</ref> The [[Third Reform Act]] extended the provisions of the previous act to the counties and the [[Fourth Reform Act]] widened suffrage further by abolishing practically all property qualifications for men and by enfranchising women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications. This system, known as [[universal manhood suffrage]], was first used in the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]]. However, full electoral equality would not occur until the [[Fifth Reform Act]] ten years later.
===Boundary review===
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire, the [[Boundary Commission for England]] has made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes. The electoral wards used to create the modified Peterborough constituency to be fought at the [[Next United Kingdom general election]] are:


According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the population count of Peterborough constituency is 95,103 persons, comprising 46,131 males and 48,972 females. 67.56% of those aged 16–74 are economically active, including 5.92% unemployed; a further 12.26% are retired and 3.08% students. Of a total 39,760 households, 63.80% are owner occupied, fewer than the regional (72.71%) and national (68.72%) averages.<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadDatasetList.do?a=3&b=789575&c=peterborough&d=27&g=404099&i=1001x1003&m=0&r=1&s=1197313116062&enc=1&domainId=16 2001 Census Area Statistics] [[Office for National Statistics]], April 2001</ref> Turnout at the 2005 general election was 41,194 or 61.0% of those eligible to vote, below the regional (63.6%) and national (61.3%) figures.
*[[Bretton, Peterborough|Bretton]] North, Bretton South, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye and Thorney, Newborough, North, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Walton, [[Werrington, Peterborough|Werrington]] North, Werrington South, and West.


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==
[[File:Peterborough Town Hall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Peterborough Town Hall|The Town Hall]], Upper Bridge Street (1930–1933), formerly Narrow Street.]]
*1660-1671 Humphrey Orme
Peterborough sent two members to parliament for the first time in 1547. Before the [[English Civil War|civil war]], many were relatives of the clergy; then for two hundred years after the [[English Restoration|restoration]] there was always a Fitzwilliam, or a Fitzwilliam nominee, sitting as member for Peterborough, making it a Whig stronghold.<ref>[http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5807 Wentworth-Fitzwilliam family of Milton] Peterborough City Council (retrieved 22 September 2007) {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013052335/http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-5807 |date=13 October 2007 }}</ref> Representation was reduced to one member under the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]].<ref>Tebbs, Herbert F. ''Peterborough: A History'' (pp.192–194) The Oleander Press, Cambridge, 1979. See also Bromund, Ted ''A Complete Fool's Paradise: The Attack on the Fitzwilliam Interest in Peterborough 1852'' Parliamentary History, vol.12 no.1 (pp.47–67) Edinburgh University Press, 1993 and Howarth, Janet [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2638144 ''The Liberal Revival in Northamptonshire 1880–1895: A Case Study in Late Nineteenth Century Elections''] The Historical Journal, vol.12 no.1 (pp.78–118) Cambridge University Press, 1969</ref>
*1660 Charles Fane, [[Baron le Despencer]] (later 3rd [[Earl of Westmorland]])
*1666 Edward Palmer
*1667-1679 William Fitzwilliam, Baron Fitzwilliam (later 1st [[Earl Fitzwilliam]])
*1671 Sir Vere Fane (later 4th [[Earl of Westmorland]])
*1679-1685 Francis St. John
*1679-1685 Charles Orme
*1681 William Fitzwilliam, Baron Fitzwilliam (later 1st [[Earl Fitzwilliam]])
*1685-1689 Charles Fitzwilliam
*1689-1698 Gilbert Dolben
*1689 [[Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet]] of Humby
*1698-1710 Sidney Wortley-Montagu
*1698 Francis St. John
*1701 Sir Gilbert Dolben
*1710-1729 John Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (later 2nd [[Earl Fitzwilliam]])
*1710 Charles Parker
*1722-1727 Sidney Wortley-Montagu
*1727 Sir Edward O'Brien
*1728 Sidney Wortley-Montagu
*1728-1734 Joseph Banks
*1729 Charles Gounter-Nicoll
*1734-1741 Armstead Parker
*1734-1761 Edward Wortley-Montagu
*1741 William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton (later 3rd [[Earl Fitzwilliam]])
*1742-1747 Armstead Parker
*1747-1768 Sir Matthew Lamb
*1761 Armstead Parker
*1768-1780 Matthew Wyldbore
*1768 Henry Belasyse, Viscount Belasyse (later 2nd [[Earl Fauconberg]])
*1774-1796 Richard Benyon
*1780 James Farrel Phipps
*1786-1802 Lionel Damer
*1796-1809 French Laurence
*1802-1819 William Elliot
*1809 [[Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford|Francis Russell]], Marquess of Tavistock (later 7th [[Duke of Bedford]]), [[British Whig Party|Whig]]
*1812 [[George Ponsonby]]
*1816-1819 [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|William Lamb]] (later 2nd Viscount Melbourne)
*1819-1830 Sir James Scarlett (later 1st [[Baron Abinger]])
*1819-1847 Sir Robert Heron
*1830 [[Charles Wentworth FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam|Charles William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam]], Viscount Milton (later 5th Earl Fitzwilliam)
*1830 John Nicholas Fazakerley
*1841-1859 George Wentworth-Fitzwilliam
*1847-1852 [[William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham|William George Cavendish]] (later 2nd Baron Chesham), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
*1852 Richard Watson
*1852 George Hampden Whalley
*1853-1868 Thomson Hankey
*1859-1878 George Hammond Whalley
*1868 [[William Wells]]
*1878 [[Viscount Milton (William Wentworth Fitzwilliam)|William John Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton]], [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
*1880 George Hampden Whalley
*1883-1885 [[Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton|Sydney Charles Buxton]] (later 1st Earl Buxton), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
*1885 [[Viscount Milton (William Wentworth Fitzwilliam)|William John Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton]]
*1889 Alpheus Cleophas Morton
*1895 Sir Robert Purvis
*1906 Sir Granville George Greenwood
*1918 Sir Henry Leonard Campbell Brassey (later 1st [[Baron Brassey of Apethorpe]]), [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
*1929-1931 [[J.F. Horrabin|James Francis Horrabin]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
*1931-1943 [[David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter|David George Brownlow Cecil, Baron Burghley]] (later 6th [[Marquess of Exeter]]), [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
*1943-1945 John Michael Henry Hely-Hutchinson, Viscount Suirdale (later 7th [[Earl of Donoughmore]]), [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
*1945-1950 Stanley Tiffany, [[Labour Co-operative]]
*1950-1974 Sir [[Harmar Nicholls]] (later Lord Harmar-Nicholls), [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
*1974-1979 [[Michael Ward|Michael John Ward]], [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
*1979-1997 Dr. Sir [[Brian Stanley Mawhinney]] (later Lord Mawhinney), [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
*1997-2005 [[Helen Rosemary Brinton]] (later Clark), [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
*2005-date [[Stewart James Jackson]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]


One of the earliest incumbents, Sir [[Walter Mildmay]], member for Peterborough from 1553 to 1554, subsequently became [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] from 1559 to 1589. Later, in the nineteenth century, [[William Elliot (Irish politician)|William Elliot]], Whig member from 1802 until his death in 1819, was [[Chief Secretary for Ireland|Chief Secretary]] to the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] between 1806 and 1807; the Hon. [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|William Lamb]] (later the 2nd [[Viscount Melbourne]]), Whig member from 1816 to 1819, became [[Home Secretary]] in 1830 then Prime Minister from 1834 to 1841; and Sir [[James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger|James Scarlett]] (later the 1st [[Baron Abinger]]), Whig member from 1819 to 1830, was, from 1827, [[Attorney General for England and Wales]].<ref>[http://www.histparl.ac.uk/ ''The History of Parliament''] The House of Commons: 1509–1558 (3 vols.) Bindoff, S. T., 1558–1603 (3 vols.) Hasler, P. W., 1660–1690 (3 vols.) Henning, Basil Duke, 1715–1754 (2 vols.) Sedgwick, Romney, 1754–1790 (2 vols.) [[Lewis Bernstein Namier|Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein]] and [[John Brooke (English historian)|Brooke, John]], 1790–1820 (5 vols.) Thorne, R. G. Martin Secker and Warburg (reissued by Her Majesty's Stationery Office) for the History of Parliament Trust, London, 1964–1986</ref>


From the formal merger of the breakaway Liberal Unionists with the Conservatives in 1912 and the absorption of rural [[North Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North Northamptonshire]] in 1918, Peterborough has been predominantly Conservative; however, it has elected [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] MPs several times from [[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]] onwards.


Lord Burghley, as he then was, succeeded the socialist writer and illustrator, [[J. F. Horrabin|Frank Horrabin]], who was born in the city and elected under the leadership of [[Ramsay MacDonald]] in 1929.<ref>[[F. W. S. Craig|Craig, Frederick Walter Scott]] ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1970'' (4 vols.) Macmillan, London, 1971–1977 and Stenton, Michael and Lees, Stephen (eds.) ''Who's Who of British members of parliament 1832–1979: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons based on annual volumes of Dod's Parliamentary Companion and other sources'' (4 vols.) Harvester Press, Hassocks, 1976–1981</ref> [[David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter]], winner of 400m hurdles at the [[1928 Summer Olympics]], member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] for 48 years and chairman of the organising committee of the [[1948 Summer Olympics]], was the Conservative member from 1931 to 1943.
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In 1966, in one of the closest polls in UK history, Sir [[Harmar Nicholls]] held the seat by three votes after seven recounts. Nicholls was the Conservative member from 1950 to 1974, when he lost in the [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October election]] of that year to Labour's Michael Ward, having held on by just 22 votes after four recounts in the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|election]] eight months earlier.<ref>The Liberal candidate was [[Peter Boizot|Peter J. Boizot]], founder of the [[Pizza Express]] restaurant chain and now [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Cambridgeshire</ref> The growth in the [[New towns in the United Kingdom|New Town]] from 1967 may in part account for Labour's victory here in 1974. In [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]], however, Ward lost the seat to the Conservative [[Brian Mawhinney]], who would represent Peterborough for the entire duration of the incoming Conservative government and was a [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet Minister]] and [[Conservative Party Chairman]] during the second Major government (1992–97).
==Election results==

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The seat was made more competitive in the 1997 boundary review by the formation of the [[North West Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Cambridgeshire]] seat, which incorporated the rural land outside Peterborough and several Conservative-inclined wards from the city. Since its formation, North West Cambridgeshire has been one of the safest Conservative seats in the country, whilst Peterborough was ranked 93rd in the Conservatives's one hundred most vulnerable seats (the ones which the other parties must take if there is to be a change of [[Her Majesty's Government|government]]) and 73rd on Labour's target list;{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} these factors led Mawhinney to stand in North West Cambridgeshire instead. He retired as an MP in 2005 and was created Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire.
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2005|General Election 2005]]: Peterborough

[[Helen Clark (UK politician)|Helen Clark]] (née Brinton) won the seat for Labour in [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]. She was defeated by Conservative candidate [[Stewart Jackson]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 election]], following which it was widely reported that Clark was planning to defect to the Conservative Party,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4527565.stm|title=BBC NEWS – UK – England – Cambridgeshire – Ousted MP defects to the Tories|work=bbc.co.uk|date=8 May 2005}}</ref> an announcement which was not popular locally.<ref>[http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/viewarticle.aspx?sectionid=845&articleid=1021345 POLITICS: 'A slap in the face'] Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 9 May 2005 {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> However, by early June it emerged that while she had left the Labour Party, she had not in fact joined the Conservatives and did not intend to.<ref>Moss, Stephen [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/story/0,15803,1496352,00.html Thrown out of the house] The Guardian, 1 June 2005</ref>

Jackson was re-elected in [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]] with an increased majority, which then fell in [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]. In [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]], Labour's [[Fiona Onasanya]] won a majority of 607; this result marked the first time since 1929 that Peterborough voted Labour in an election where the Conservatives won the national popular vote, and the first time it has ever elected a Labour MP in a year in which Labour did not form the government. Furthermore, Peterborough became one of five constituencies – the others being [[Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Croydon Central]], [[Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)|Enfield Southgate]], [[Leeds North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Leeds North West]] and [[Reading East (UK Parliament constituency)|Reading East]] – which elected Labour MPs in 2017 having not done so since [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]].

===Parliamentary borough 1547–1918===

====MPs 1542–1660====
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!Election!!Senior member!!Junior member
|-
|1542 || [[Sir Thomas Moyle]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/moyle-thomas-1500-60 |title= History of Parliament| access-date= 12 October 2011}}</ref> ||
|-
|1547 || [[Wymond Carew|Sir Wymond Carew]], ''died <br /> and replaced in 1552 by'' [[John Campanett]]<ref>Carter, P. R. N. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61138 Carew, Sir Wymond (1498–1549)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/61138}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref> || [[Richard Pallady]]<ref>Airs, Malcolm [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21163 Pallady, Richard (b. 1515/16, d. in or before 1563)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/21163}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|-
|March 1553 || ''Not known'' || ''Not known''
|-
|Oct. 1553 || [[Sir Walter Mildmay]]<ref>Ford, L. L. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18696 Mildmay, Sir Walter (1520/21–1589)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/18696}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref> || [[William FitzWilliam (Lord Deputy)|Sir William FitzWilliam]]<ref>Riordan, Michael [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/70825/70829?docPos=4 Henry VIII, privy chamber of (act. 1509–1547)] Sir William Fitzwilliam (c.1506–1559) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/70829}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|-
|April 1554 || [[John Gamlin]] (Gamblin, Gamlyn)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_eIrJpc_T0C&q=1554&pg=PA186 |title=Bindoff, op. cit. (p.186) |access-date=21 July 2012|isbn=9780436042829 |last1=Bindoff |first1=Stanley Thomas |year=1982 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer }}</ref> || [[Giles Isham]]
|-
|Nov. 1554 || [[William Liveley]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_eIrJpc_T0C&q=1554&pg=PA537 |title=Bindoff, op. cit. (p.537) |access-date=21 July 2012|isbn=9780436042829 |last1=Bindoff |first1=Stanley Thomas |year=1982 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer }}</ref> || [[Gilbert Bull]]
|-
|1555 || [[Maurice Tyrell]] || [[John Mountsteven]]
|-
|1558 || [[Giles Isham]] || [[Thomas Hussey (died by 1576)|Thomas Hussey]]
|-
|1559 || [[William FitzWilliam (Lord Deputy)|Sir William FitzWilliam]] || rowspan=2| [[Robert Wingfield (died 1580)|Robert Wingfield Jr.]]
|-
|1562 || [[John Fitzwilliam (died 1562)|John FitzWilliam]]
|-
|1571 || [[William Fitzwilliam (c.1550–1618)|William Fitzwilliam]]<ref name="HoP">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/fitzwilliam-william-1550-1618|title=''Fitzwilliam, William (c.1550–1618), of Dogsthorpe and Milton, Northants.'', The History of Parliament|access-date=4 November 2016}}</ref> || [[Henry Cheke]], ''sat for Bedford <br /> and replaced by'' [[Brian Ansley]]
|-
|1572 || [[Robert Wingfield (died 1580)|Robert Wingfield Jr.]]'', died <br /> and replaced in 1581 by'' [[William FitzWilliam (Lord Deputy)|Sir William FitzWilliam]]|| [[Hugh FitzWilliam]] ''died <br /> and replaced 1576 by'' [[Humphrey Mildmay]]
|-
|1584 || rowspan=2| [[William Fitzwilliam (c.1550–1618)|William Fitzwilliam]]<ref name="HoP"/> || [[James Scambler]]
|-
|1586 || [[Thomas Hacke]]
|-
|1589 || rowspan=2| [[Thomas Reede|Sir Thomas Reede]] || [[Thomas Howland]]
|-
|1593 || [[William Hacke]]
|-
|1597 || [[John Wingfield (MP)|John Wingfield]] || [[Alexander Neville (MP)|Alexander Neville]]
|-
|1601 || [[Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet|Nicholas Tufton]] || [[Goddard Pemberton]]
|-
|1603 || [[Richard Cecil (died 1633)|Sir Richard Cecil]] of [[Wakerley]] || [[Edward Wymarke]]
|-
|1614 || [[William Walter (MP for Peterborough)|Sir William Walter]] || [[Roger Manwood (MP for Peterborough)|Roger Manwood]]
|-
|1621 || [[Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland|Mildmay Fane]]<ref>Wright, Stephen [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9139 Fane, Mildmay, second earl of Westmorland (1602–1666)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/9139}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref> || [[Walter Fitzwilliam]]
|-
|1624 || [[Francis Fane, 1st Earl of Westmorland|Sir Francis Fane]]<ref>Mercer, Malcolm [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9143/9130?docPos=1 Fane, Sir Thomas (d. 1589)] Francis Fane, first earl of Westmorland (1583/4–1629) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/9130}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref> || rowspan=4| [[Laurence Whitaker]]
|-
|1625 || [[Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton|Sir Christopher Hatton]]
|-
|1626 || rowspan= "2"|[[Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland|Mildmay Fane, Lord Burghersh]]
|-
|1628
|- style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | ''The [[Short Parliament]] (April–May 1640)''
|-
|April 1640 || [[David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter|David Cecil]] || [[William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | ''The [[Long Parliament]] (1640–1648), the [[Rump Parliament]] (1648–1653) and the [[Barebone's Parliament]] (1653)''
|-
|Nov. 1640 || [[William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam]] || [[Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet]]
|- style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | '' The [[First Protectorate Parliament]] (1654–1655); one member only''
|-
|1654 ||colspan="2"| [[Alexander Blake (MP)|Col. Alexander Blake]]<ref>"Humphrey Orme was elected ... and there was an immediate complaint against his sitting on the grounds that he was neither a good puritan nor a stable parliamentarian;" see Tebbs, op. cit. (p.94). "Although its election committee certainly received and examined evidence concerning a disputed and possibly double return at Peterborough, it is not clear what part, if any, the Council played in the final decision in favour of Alexander Blake;" see Gaunt, Peter [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/120707432/PDFSTART ''Cromwell’s Purge? Exclusions and the First Protectorate Parliament'']{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} (p.16) Parliamentary History, vol.6 no.1 (pp.1–22) May 1987. "The defeated candidate ... had allegedly been supported by disaffected and disqualified voters; Orme himself had married a recusant and was probably a Royalist sympathiser;" Ibid. at footnote 80 (p.21)</ref>
|- style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | ''The [[Second Protectorate Parliament|Second]] (1656–1658) and [[Third Protectorate Parliament|Third]] (1659) Protectorate Parliaments''
|-
|1656 || [[Alexander Blake (MP)|Col. Alexander Blake]] || [[Francis St John]]
|}

====MPs 1660–1883====
The Tories (or [[Abhorrers]]) and Whigs (or [[Petitioner]]s) originated in the Court and Country parties that emerged in the aftermath of the civil war, although it is more accurate to describe them as loose tendencies, both of which might be regarded as conservative in modern terms.<ref>Both terms were originally pejorative, deriving respectively from ''tóraidhe'', one of the dispossessed Irish who became outlaws and ''whiggamor'', a [[Scots Gaelic]] word for a cattle or horse drover</ref> Modern party politics did not really begin to coalesce in Great Britain until at least 1784.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election
!colspan="2"|First member<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|p|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>
!1st party
!colspan="2"|Second member<ref name="rayment"/>!!2nd party
|- style="text-align:center"
| colspan=7 | ''The [[Rump Parliament]] recalled (1659) and the [[Long Parliament]] restored (1660)''
|-
| 1660
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Cavalier}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Humphrey Orme|Sir Humphrey Orme]]<ref>Double return between Lord le Despencer and Francis St John. Lord le Despencer declared elected</ref>
|rowspan="3" | [[Cavalier|Court]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Roundhead}}" |
| [[Charles Fane, 3rd Earl of Westmorland|Charles Fane, Lord le Despencer]]
| [[Roundhead|Country]]
|-
| 1666
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Edward Palmer (MP)|Edward Palmer]]<ref>Unseated on petition in favour of Baron Fitzwilliam of [[Milton Hall]] in 1667</ref>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1667
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl Fitzwilliam|William FitzWilliam, 3rd Baron FitzWilliam]]<ref>Hainsworth, D. R. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/67100?docPos=6 Fitzwilliam, William, first Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland (1643–1719)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/67100}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1671
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland|Sir Vere Fane]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| Feb. 1679
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Francis St John]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| Aug. 1679
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Charles Orme]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1681
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl Fitzwilliam|William FitzWilliam, 3rd Baron FitzWilliam]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1685
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Charles FitzWilliam]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Charles Orme]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| Jan 1689
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet]]<ref>Rigg, J. M. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7774 Dolben, Sir Gilbert, first baronet (1658/9–1722)] (rev. D. W. Hayton) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/7774}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| Dec 1689
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1698
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Sidney Wortley-Montagu|Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Francis St John]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1701
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1710
|rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="5" | [[John Fitzwilliam, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam|John FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton]]
|rowspan="5" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Charles Parker (MP)|Charles Parker]]
| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
|[[1722 British general election|1722]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Sidney Wortley-Montagu|Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
|[[1727 British general election|1727]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Edward O'Bryan|Sir Edward O'Bryan, 2nd Baronet]]<ref>"Charles Parker ... in 1728, was [[High Sheriff of Northamptonshire]] and at that time not pro-Fitzwilliam. His action at the election of that year led to a case before the Bar of the House of Commons to settle a controversy over the powers of the Bailiffs of the City [and of the Soke] as returning officer at the election. Parker, as Sheriff, sent the election writ to Robert Smith, the Bailiff of the Liberty who returned Earl Fitzwilliam [at that time in the [[Peerage of Ireland]] only] and an unknown nominee of [the Earl of Exeter] ... James Pix, the City's Bailiff, contested the return and won, so the sitting members ... were declared elected," even though Wortley Montagu had died six months earlier; see Tebbs, op. cit. (p.95) which incorrectly refers to Sidney's son Edward Wortley Montagu</ref>
| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
| 1727
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Sidney Wortley-Montagu|Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1728 by-election
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Joseph Banks (MP for Peterborough)|Joseph Banks]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1729 by-election
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Charles Gounter-Nicoll]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| Jan. 1734 by-election
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Armstead Parker]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
|[[1734 British general election|April 1734]]
|rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="4" | [[Edward Wortley Montagu (diplomat)|Sir Edward Wortley Montagu]]
|rowspan="4" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
|[[1741 British general election|1741]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[William FitzWilliam, 3rd Earl FitzWilliam]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1742 by-election
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Armstead Parker]]
| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
|[[1747 British general election|1747]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet]]<ref>Turner, Roger [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15919 Lamb, Sir Matthew, first baronet (1705?–1768)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/15919}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
|[[1761 British general election|1761]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[Armstead Parker]]
| [[Tory (British political party)|Tory]]
|-
|[[1768 British general election|March 1768]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Matthew Wyldbore]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| Nov. 1768 by-election
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg|Henry Belasyse, Viscount Belasyse]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
|1774 by-election
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Richard Benyon (MP for Peterborough)|Richard Benyon]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1780 British general election|1780]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[James Farrel Phipps]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
| 1786 by-election
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Lionel Damer|Hon. Lionel Damer]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1796 British general election|1796]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[French Laurence|Dr. French Laurence]]<ref>Lambert, Elizabeth R. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16126 Laurence, French (1757–1809)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/16126}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|rowspan="2" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1802 United Kingdom general election|1802]]
|rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="4" | [[William Elliot (Irish politician)|William Elliot]]
|rowspan="4" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1809 Peterborough by-election|1809 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Francis Russell, 7th Duke of Bedford|Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1812 United Kingdom general election|1812]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[George Ponsonby]]<ref>Kelly, James [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22495?docPos=2 Ponsonby, George (1755–1817)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/22495}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1816 Peterborough by-election|1816 by-election]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|Hon. William Lamb]]<ref>Mandler, Peter [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15920 Lamb, William, second Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/15920}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|rowspan="2"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[February 1819 Peterborough by-election|Feb. 1819 by-election]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2"| [[James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger|Sir James Scarlett]]<ref>Barker, G. F. R. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24783?docPos=1 Scarlett, James, first Baron Abinger (1769–1844)] (rev. Elisabeth A. Cawthon) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/24783}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|rowspan="2"| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[November 1819 Peterborough by-election|Nov. 1819 by-election]]
|rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="4" | [[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet]]<ref>Courtney, W. P. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13091 Heron, Sir Robert, second baronet (1765–1854)] (rev. H. C. G. Matthew) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/13091}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|rowspan="4" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="northernstar1841"/><ref name="stooks-smith">{{cite book
|last=Stooks Smith
|first=Henry.
|editor=[[F. W. S. Craig|Craig, F. W. S.]]
|title=The Parliaments of England
|orig-year=1844-1850
|edition=2nd
|year=1973
|publisher=Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn=0-900178-13-2
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/160 160, 235–237]
|url=https://archive.org/details/parliamentsofeng0000smit/page/160
}}</ref><ref name="churton">{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838|date=1838|pages=87–88, 118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ }}</ref><ref name="mosse">{{cite book|last1=Mosse|first1=Richard Bartholomew|title=The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc|date=1838|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parliamentarygu00mossgoog/page/n186 162], 176|access-date=27 November 2018 |url = https://archive.org/details/parliamentarygu00mossgoog |via = [[Internet Archive]] }}</ref>
|-
|[[1830 United Kingdom general election|Aug. 1830]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam|Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton]]<ref>Smith, G. B. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9653 Fitzwilliam, Charles William Wentworth, third Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Great Britain and fifth Earl Fitzwilliam in the peerage of Ireland (1786–1857)] (rev. H. C. G. Matthew) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/9653}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1830 Peterborough by-election|Nov. 1830 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[John Nicholas Fazakerley]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="churton"/><ref name="mosse"/>
|-
|[[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]]
|rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="5" | [[George Wentworth-FitzWilliam|Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
|rowspan="5" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="norfolknews1847"/><ref name="northernstar1841">{{cite news |title=Electoral Decisions |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000090/18410703/092/0024 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser |date=3 July 1841 |page=24 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
|-
|[[1847 United Kingdom general election|1847]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham|Hon. William Cavendish]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="norfolknews1847">{{cite news |title=Members Returned |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000247/18470807/005/0002 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Norfolk News |date=7 August 1847 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Buckinghamshire |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000328/18571217/036/0008 |access-date=29 July 2018 |work=North Devon Journal |date=17 December 1857 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Buckinghamshire Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000073/18571226/041/0008 |access-date=29 July 2018 |work=Oxford Journal |date=26 December 1857 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|[[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[Richard Watson (polititian)|Hon. Richard Watson]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=WATSON, Hon. Richard (1800–1852). |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/watson-hon-richard-1800-1852 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=24 June 2018 |date=2009}}</ref>
|-
|[[1852 Peterborough by-election|1852 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" |
| [[George Hammond Whalley]]<ref>Wallis, Frank H. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29158 Whalley, George Hammond (1813–1878)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/29158}}, retrieved 6 October 2007). Unseated on petition in 1853; at the subsequent by-election he was again returned, but his election was again declared void</ref>
| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Spychal |first1=Martin |title=Five elections in seven years: Peterborough, Whalley and the Fitzwilliam interest |url=https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/five-elections-in-seven-years-peterborough-whalley-and-the-fitzwilliam-interest/ |website=The Victorian Commons |access-date=24 June 2018 |date=28 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Local and District News |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000342/18521211/032/0008 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Chester Chronicle |date=11 December 1852 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Preparations for the General Election |url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/21st-march-1857/9/preparations-for-the-general-election |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=The Spectator |date=21 March 1857 |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=McConville |first1=Seán |title=English Local Prisons 1860–1900: Next Only to Death |date=1995 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=0-415-03295-4 |page=132 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BVxcMtCxfdsC&pg=PA132 |access-date=24 June 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[1853 Peterborough by-election|1853 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Thomson Hankey]]<ref>Courtney, W. P. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/12197 Hankey, Thomson (1805–1893)] (rev. A. C. Howe) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/12197}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
|| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
|[[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[William Wells (1818–1889)|William Wells]]<ref>Clarke, Ernest [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29019?docPos=3 Wells, William (1818–1889)] (rev. John Martin) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/29019}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1874 United Kingdom general election|1874]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2" | [[Thomson Hankey]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1878 Peterborough by-election|1878 by-election]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Liberal}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[John Wentworth-FitzWilliam|Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Independent Liberal]]
|-
|[[1880 United Kingdom general election|1880]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Hampden Whalley]]<ref>Resigned by becoming [[Steward of the Manor of Northstead]] in 1883 and was adjudged bankrupt later that year</ref>
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1883 Peterborough by-election|1883 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton|Sir Sydney Buxton]]<ref>Waley, Daniel [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32224 Buxton, Sydney Charles, Earl Buxton (1853–1934)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/32224}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref>
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
| colspan="6"| ''representation reduced to one member''
|}

====MPs 1885–1918====
In 1832 the Tory Party evolved into the Conservative Party and in 1859 the Whig Party evolved, with [[Radicals (UK)|Radicals]] and [[Peelites]], into the Liberal Party. In opposition to Irish [[home rule]], the Liberal Unionists ceded from the Liberals in 1886, aligning themselves with the Conservatives. The Labour Party was later founded, as the [[British Labour Party#Labour Representation Committee (1900–1906)|Labour Representation Committee]], in 1900.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!colspan="2"|Member<ref name="rayment" />
!Party
|-
|[[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Liberal}}" |
|rowspan=2| [[John Wentworth-FitzWilliam|Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]<ref>Pelling, loc. cit. confirms that Wentworth-Fitzwilliam contested the election against an official Liberal candidate and that the Conservative candidate withdrew in his favour. He became a Liberal Unionist the following year and died as a result of a
riding accident in 1889</ref> || [[Independent Liberal]]
|-
|[[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
|| [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]]
|-
|[[1889 Peterborough by-election|1889 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[Alpheus Morton|Sir Alpheus Morton]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Unionist Party}}" |
|| [[Robert Purvis (MP)|Sir Robert Purvis]] || [[Liberal Unionist Party|Liberal Unionist]] / [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[Granville Greenwood|Sir Granville Greenwood]]<ref>Ryder, Richard D. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/41162 Greenwood, Sir Granville George (1850–1928)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/41162}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref> || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
|[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
|colspan="3" | ''parliamentary borough abolished''
|}

===Division and county constituency===
The [[parliamentary borough]] of Peterborough was abolished under the [[Representation of the People Act 1918]], and the name was transferred to a division of the new parliamentary county of Northampton with the Soke of Peterborough.<ref name="1918act"/> The Peterborough division became a [[county constituency]] in 1950.

====MPs 1918–1974====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!colspan="2"|Member<ref name="rayment" />
!Party
|-
|[[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Coalition Conservative}}" |
|| [[Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe|Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet]]<ref>Sitting member for North Northants. from 1910</ref> || [[Coalition Conservative]]
|-
|[[1929 United Kingdom general election|1929]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[J. F. Horrabin]]<ref>Cole, Margaret [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33995 Horrabin, James Francis (1884–1962)] (rev. Amanda L. Capern) ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/33995}}, retrieved 6 October 2007)</ref> || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|[[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter|David Cecil, Lord Burghley]]<ref>[[Norris McWhirter|McWhirter, Norris]] [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30910?docPos=2 Cecil, David George Brownlow, sixth marquess of Exeter (1905–1981)] ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'' Oxford University Press, 2004 (subscription required {{doi|10.1093/ref:odnb/30910}}, retrieved 6 October 2007). Resigned his seat in 1943 when he was appointed [[Governor of Bermuda]]</ref> || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[1943 Peterborough by-election|1943 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore|John Hely-Hutchinson, Viscount Suirdale]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Co-operative}}" |
|| [[Stanley Tiffany]] || [[Labour Co-operative]]
|-
|[[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[Harmar Nicholls|Sir Harmar Nicholls]]<ref>Roth, Andrew [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/18/guardianobituaries1 Lord Harmar-Nicholls: Self-made Tory peer more adept at business than politics] The Guardian, 18 September 2000</ref> || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb. 1974]]
|colspan="3" | ''county constituency abolished''
|}

===Borough constituency===
Peterborough was redefined as a [[borough constituency]] with effect from the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general election]].<ref name="gazette-feb1974">{{London Gazette
|issue= 46229
|date=7 March 1974
|page=2987
}}</ref> Successors of the historic parliamentary boroughs, the spending limits for election campaigns are slightly lower than in county constituencies.

====MPs since 1974====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Election!!colspan="2"|Member<ref name="rayment" />
!Party
|-
|[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb. 1974]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harmar Nicholls|Sir Harmar Nicholls]]<ref name="gazette-feb1974" />
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|Oct. 1974]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[Brian Mawhinney|Sir Brian Mawhinney]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[Helen Clark (UK politician)|Helen Clark]] || [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|[[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|| [[Stewart Jackson]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan="2"|[[Fiona Onasanya]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|''2018''
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|[[2019 Peterborough by-election|2019 by-election]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Lisa Forbes (politician)|Lisa Forbes]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
|[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Paul Bristow]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|}
Onasanya sat as an independent after she was suspended by the Labour Party in December 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/19/labour-mp-fiona-onasanya-guilty-of-lying-over-speeding-charge|title=Labour suspends MP found guilty of speeding lies|last=Syal|first=Rajeev|date=2018-12-19|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-05-09|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fiona-onasanya-video-new-york-innocent-labour-mp-jail-prison-a8828141.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fiona-onasanya-video-new-york-innocent-labour-mp-jail-prison-a8828141.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Disgraced former Labour MP posts bizarre video declaring her innocence in front of New York skyline|last=Buchan|first=Lucy|date=2019-03-18|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> The seat became vacant on 1 May 2019 following a successful [[2019 Peterborough recall petition|recall petition]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2019-05-01/recall-petition-result-fiona-onasanya-no-longer-peterboroughs-mp/|title=Recall petition result: Fiona Onasanya no longer Peterborough's MP|date=1 May 2019|website=ITV News|language=en|access-date=2019-05-09}}</ref> until 7 June 2019, when Lisa Forbes was elected to the constituency in the [[2019 Peterborough by-election]], on behalf of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].

==Elections==
[[File:Peterborough constituency history.png|center|thumb|740x740px|Election history since 1900]]

===Elections in the 2020s===

{{Election box begin |title=[[2024 United Kingdom general election|General election 2024]]: Peterborough<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/asset-library/uk-general-election-2024-situation-of-persons-nominated-notice-of-poll-and-situation-of-polling-stations-peterborough.pdf |title= STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS |publisher= [[Peterborough City Council]] |date= 7 June 2024 |website= peterborough.gov.uk |access-date= 7 June 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Paul Bristow]]|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Nicola Day|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=Amjad Hussain|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Zahid Ejaz Khan|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Sue Morris|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour and Co-operative Party|candidate=[[Andrew Pakes]]|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Christian Peoples Alliance|candidate=Tom Rogers|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Nick Sandford|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box majority|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 2010s===

{{Election box begin|title=[[2019 United Kingdom general election|General election 2019]]: Peterborough<ref>{{cite news |title=Peterborough Parliamentary constituency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000878 |website=BBC News |publisher=BBC |access-date=19 November 2019}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Paul Bristow]]|votes=22,334|percentage=46.7|change=−0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Lisa Forbes (politician)|Lisa Forbes]]|votes=19,754|percentage=41.3|change=−6.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Beki Sellick|votes=2,334|percentage=4.9|change=+1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Brexit Party|candidate=[[Mike Greene (British entrepreneur)|Mike Greene]]|votes=2,127|percentage=4.4|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Joseph Wells|votes=728|percentage=1.5|change=−0.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Luke Ferguson|votes=260|percentage=0.5|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Christian Peoples Alliance|candidate=Tom Rogers|votes=151|percentage=0.3|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Official Monster Raving Loony Party|candidate=The Very Raving Mr P|votes=113|percentage=0.2|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,580
|percentage = 5.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 47,801
|percentage = 65.9
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +3.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |title=[[2019 Peterborough by-election|By-election 2019]]: Peterborough<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://peterborough.gov.uk/council/elections/election-details|title=Elections - May 2021|website=Peterborough City Council}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Lisa Forbes (politician)|Lisa Forbes]]
|votes = 10,484
|percentage = 30.9
|change = {{decrease}}17.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Brexit Party
|candidate = [[Mike Greene (British entrepreneur)|Mike Greene]]
|votes = 9,801
|percentage = 28.9
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Paul Bristow]]
|votes = 7,243
|percentage = 21.4
|change = {{decrease}}25.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Beki Sellick
|votes = 4,159
|percentage = 12.3
|change = {{increase}}9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Joseph Wells
|votes = 1,035
|percentage = 3.1
|change = {{increase}}1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = John Whitby
|votes = 400
|percentage = 1.2
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Christian Peoples Alliance
|candidate = Tom Rogers
|votes = 162
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = English Democrats
|candidate = Stephen Goldspink
|votes = 153
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990–present)
|candidate = [[Patrick O'Flynn]]
|votes = 135
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|candidate = [[Howling Laud Hope|Alan Hope]]
|votes = 112
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Andrew Moore
|votes = 101
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = The Common Good (political party)
|candidate = Dick Rodgers
|votes = 60
|percentage = 0.2
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Renew Britain
|candidate = Peter Ward
|votes = 45
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK European Union Party
|candidate = Pierre Kirk
|votes = 25
|percentage = 0.1
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Give Me Back Elmo
|candidate = [[Bobby Smith (activist)|Bobby Smith]]
|votes = 5
|percentage = 0.0
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 683
|percentage = 2.0
|change = {{increase}}0.7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 33,920
|percentage = 48.4
|change = {{decrease}}18.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = {{decrease}}23.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |title=[[2017 United Kingdom general election|General election 2017]]: Peterborough<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000878|title=Peterborough parliamentary constituency - Election 2017|date=8 May 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=26 July 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|
}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Fiona Onasanya]]
|votes = 22,950
|percentage = 48.1
|change = +12.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Stewart Jackson]]
|votes = 22,343
|percentage = 46.8
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Beki Sellick
|votes = 1,597
|percentage = 3.3
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Fiona Radić
|votes = 848
|percentage = 1.8
|change = −0.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 607
|percentage = 1.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 47,738
|percentage = 66.7
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.7
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[2015 United Kingdom general election|General election 2015]]: Peterborough<ref name=electoralcalculus2015>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Stewart Jackson]]
|votes = 18,684
|percentage = 39.7
|change = −0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Lisa Forbes (politician)|Lisa Forbes]]
|votes = 16,759
|percentage = 35.6
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mary Herdman
|votes = 7,485
|percentage = 15.9
|change = +9.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Darren Fower
|votes = 1,774
|percentage = 3.8
|change = −15.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Darren Bisby-Boyd
|votes = 1,218
|percentage = 2.6
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Chris Ash
|votes = 639
|percentage = 1.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = John Fox
|votes = 516
|percentage = 1.1
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,925
|percentage = 4.1
|change = −6.8
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 47,075
|percentage = 64.9
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −3.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[2010 United Kingdom general election|General election 2010]]: Peterborough<ref name=electoralcalculus2010>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013 }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Stewart Jackson]]
|votes = 18,133
|percentage = 40.4
|change = −2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ed Murphy
|votes = 13,272
|percentage = 29.5
|change = −4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nick Sandford
|votes = 8,816
|percentage = 19.6
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Frances Fox
|votes = 3,007
|percentage = 6.7
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = English Democrats
|candidate = Rob King
|votes = 770
|percentage = 1.7
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Fiona Radic
|votes = 523
|percentage = 1.2
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = John Swallow
|votes = 406
|percentage = 0.9
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,861
|percentage = 10.9
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 44,927
|percentage = 63.9
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.95
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 2000s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Peterborough<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Stewart Jackson]]
|candidate = [[Stewart Jackson]]
|votes = 17,354
|votes = 17,364
|percentage = 42.1
|percentage = 42.1
|change = +4.1
|change = +4.1
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Helen Clark (UK politician)|Helen Clark]]
|candidate = [[Helen Clark (British politician)|Helen Clark]]
|votes = 14,624
|votes = 14,624
|percentage = 35.5
|percentage = 35.5
|change = -9.6
|change = −9.6
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nick Sandford
|candidate = Nick Sandford
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|change = +2.2
|change = +2.2
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mary Herdman
|candidate = Mary Herdman
|votes = 1,242
|votes = 1,242
|percentage = 3.0
|percentage = 3.0
|change = +0.6
|change = +0.6
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Front (UK)
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = Terry Blackham
|candidate = Terry Blackham
|votes = 931
|votes = 931
|percentage = 2.3
|percentage = 2.3
|change = +2.3
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate|
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = [[Motorcycle News Party]]
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Marc Potter
|candidate = Marc Potter
|votes = 167
|votes = 167
|percentage = 0.4
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
|change = ''New''
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,730
|votes = 2,740
|percentage = 6.6
|percentage = 6.6
|change =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 41,194
|votes = 41,194
|percentage =
|percentage = 61.0
|change =
|change = −0.4
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box gain with party link|
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +7.0
|swing = +6.85
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}



{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Peterborough <ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
{{Template:Election box begin |
|title=[[United Kingdom general election, 2001|General Election 2001]]: Peterborough
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Helen Clark (UK politician)|Helen Brinton]]
|candidate = [[Helen Clark (British politician)|Helen Brinton]]
|votes = 17,975
|votes = 17,975
|percentage = 45.1
|percentage = 45.1
|change = -5.2
|change = −5.2
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Stewart Jackson]]
|candidate = [[Stewart Jackson]]
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|change = +2.8
|change = +2.8
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Nick Sandford
|candidate = Nick Sandford
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|change = +3.8
|change = +3.8
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box candidate with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Julian Fairweather
|candidate = Julian Fairweather
|votes = 955
|votes = 955
Line 188: Line 1,062:
|change = +1.7
|change = +1.7
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box majority|
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,854
|votes = 2,854
|percentage = 7.1
|percentage = 7.1
|change =
|change = −8.0
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 39,812
|percentage = 61.4
|change = −11.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −4.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1990s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Peterborough <ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box turnout|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|votes = 39,812
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Helen Clark (British politician)|Helen Brinton]]
|percentage = 61.4
|change = -11.4
|votes = 24,365
|percentage = 50.3
|change = +12.5
}}
}}
{{Template:Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jacqueline Foster]]
|votes = 17,042
|percentage = 35.2
|change = −14.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = [[David Howarth]]
|votes = 5,170
|percentage = 10.7
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Philip Slater
|votes = 924
|percentage = 1.91
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Charles Brettell
|votes = 334
|percentage = 0.7
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = John Linskey
|votes = 317
|percentage = 0.7
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = ProLife Alliance
|candidate = Stephen Goldspink
|votes = 275
|percentage = 0.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 7,323
|percentage = 15.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 48,427
|percentage = 72.8
|change = −2.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +11.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Peterborough <ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Brian Mawhinney]]
|votes = 31,827
|percentage = 48.3
|change = −1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Julie Owens
|votes = 26,451
|percentage = 40.2
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Amanda Taylor
|votes = 5,208
|percentage = 7.9
|change = −8.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Erbie Murat
|votes = 1,557
|percentage = 2.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Richard Heaton
|votes = 311
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Pamela Beasley
|votes = 271
|percentage = 0.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Charles Brettell
|votes = 215
|percentage = 0.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,376
|percentage = 8.1
|change = −7.6
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 65,840
|percentage = 75.1
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −3.8
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1980s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Peterborough<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Brian Mawhinney]]
|votes = 30,624
|percentage = 49.4
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Andrew MacKinlay]]
|votes = 20,840
|percentage = 33.7
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = David Green
|votes = 9,984
|percentage = 16.1
|change = −6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party (UK)
|candidate = Nigel Callaghan
|votes = 506
|percentage = 0.8
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 9,784
|percentage = 15.7
|change = −2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 61,951
|percentage = 73.5
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −1.2
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Peterborough<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Brian Mawhinney]]
|votes = 27,270
|percentage = 47.1
|change = −1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Brian Fish
|votes = 16,831
|percentage = 29.0
|change = −10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Walston
|votes = 13,142
|percentage = 22.7
|change = +12.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ecology Party
|candidate = Nigel Callaghan
|votes = 511
|percentage = 0.9
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
|candidate = DE Hyland
|votes = 155
|percentage = 0.3
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 10,439
|percentage = 18.1
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 57,909
|percentage = 73.3
|change = −4.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1970s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Brian Mawhinney]]
|votes = 27,734
|percentage = 48.80
|change = +8.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]]
|votes = 22,632
|percentage = 39.82
|change = −4.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = D Green
|votes = 5,685
|percentage = 10.00
|change = −4.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = J Willhelmy
|votes = 672
|percentage = 1.18
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
|candidate = M Bishop
|votes = 106
|percentage = 0.19
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 5,102
|percentage = 8.98
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 56,829
|percentage = 77.94
|change = +0.07
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +6.37
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]]|votes=21,820|percentage=44.45|change=+4.94}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Harmar Nicholls]]|votes=19,972|percentage=40.68|change=+1.13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=[[Peter Boizot]]|votes=7,302|percentage=14.87|change=−6.06}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,848|percentage=3.77|change=''N/A''}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=49,094|percentage=77.87|change=−4.45}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +1.91
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=[[Harmar Nicholls]]|votes=20,353|percentage=39.55|change=−14.53}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=[[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]]|votes=20,331|percentage=39.51|change=−6.41}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Party (UK)|candidate=[[Peter Boizot]]|votes=10,772|percentage=20.93|change=''New''}}
{{Election box majority|votes=22|percentage=0.04|change=−8.12}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=51,456|percentage=82.32|change=+3.83}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −4.06
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harmar Nicholls]]
|votes = 30,227
|percentage = 54.08
|change = +8.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]]
|votes = 25,662
|percentage = 45.92
|change = −0.14
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,565
|percentage = 8.16
|change = +8.15
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 55,889
|percentage = 78.49
|change = −2.93
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +4.08
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1960s===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harmar Nicholls]]
|votes = 23,944
|percentage = 46.07
|change = −0.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Michael Ward (UK politician)|Michael Ward]]
|votes = 23,941
|percentage = 46.06
|change = +4.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Basil Goldstone]]
|votes = 4,093
|percentage = 7.87
|change = −4.10
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.01
|change = −5.06
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,978
|percentage = 81.42
|change = −0.34
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.53
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harmar Nicholls]]
|votes = 24,045
|percentage = 46.55
|change = −8.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Saunders
|votes = 21,428
|percentage = 41.48
|change = −3.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Lawrence Young
|votes = 6,181
|percentage = 11.97
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 2,617
|percentage = 5.07
|change = −4.05
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,654
|percentage = 81.76
|change = −1.23
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = −2.03
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1950s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harmar Nicholls]]
|votes = 27,414
|percentage = 54.56
|change = +1.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Betty Boothroyd]]
|votes = 22,830
|percentage = 45.44
|change = −1.28
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 4,584
|percentage = 9.12
|change = +2.56
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 50,244
|percentage = 82.99
|change = −0.02
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.28
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Peterborough<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Times' Guide to the House of Commons|year=1955}}</ref>

}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harmar Nicholls]]
|votes = 26,319
|percentage = 53.28
|change = +5.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Farrer
|votes = 23,081
|percentage = 46.72
|change = −0.60
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 3,238
|percentage = 6.56
|change = +5.83
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 49,400
|percentage = 83.01
|change = −3.79
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +2.92
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Peterborough<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Times' Guide to the House of Commons|year=1951}}</ref>

}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harmar Nicholls]]
|votes = 24,536
|percentage = 48.05
|change = +2.11
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Farrer
|votes = 24,163
|percentage = 47.32
|change = +1.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Wolf Isaac Akst
|votes = 2,367
|percentage = 4.64
|change = −3.78
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 373
|percentage = 0.73
|change = +0.44
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 51,066
|percentage = 86.80
|change = −0.43
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.22
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Peterborough
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Harmar Nicholls]]
|votes = 22,815
|percentage = 45.94
|change = −3.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Stanley Tiffany]]
|votes = 22,671
|percentage = 45.65
|change = −5.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Wolf Isaac Akst
|votes = 4,180
|percentage = 8.42
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 144
|percentage = 0.29
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 49,666
|percentage = 86.37
|change = +13.47
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1940s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Peterborough<ref name="auto">Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. {{ISBN|0-900178-06-X}}.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = [[Stanley Tiffany]]
|votes = 22,056
|percentage = 50.7
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore|John Hely-Hutchinson]]
|votes = 21,485
|percentage = 49.3
|change = −7.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 571
|percentage = 1.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,541
|percentage = 72.9
|change = −7.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Co-operative
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
|swing =
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}}
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1943 Peterborough by-election]]<ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore|John Hely-Hutchinson]]
|votes = 11,976
|percentage = 52.4
|change = −4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Labour
|candidate = Samuel Bennett
|votes = 10,890
|percentage = 47.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,086
|percentage = 4.8
|change = −8.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 22,866
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

'''General Election 1939–40'''
Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected:
*'''Conservative''': [[David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter|David Cecil]]
*'''Labour''': Samuel Bennett<ref>Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939</ref>

===Elections in the 1930s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Peterborough<ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter|David Cecil]]
|votes = 22,677
|percentage = 56.6
|change = −8.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ernest A J Davies
|votes = 17,373
|percentage = 43.4
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,304
|percentage = 13.2
|change = −17.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 40,050
|percentage = 80.8
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Peterborough<ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter|David Cecil]]
|votes = 26,640
|percentage = 65.2
|change = +27.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Frank Horrabin]]
|votes = 14,206
|percentage = 34.8
|change = −4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,434
|percentage = 30.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 40,846
|percentage = 85.2
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1920s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1929 United Kingdom general election|General election 1929]]: Peterborough<ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Frank Horrabin]]
|votes = 14,743
|percentage = 39.2
|change = +6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe|Henry Brassey]]
|votes = 14,218
|percentage = 37.7
|change = &minus;12.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Francis Hill]]
|votes = 8,704
|percentage = 23.1
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 525
|percentage = 1.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,665
|percentage = 80.6
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 46,704
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +9.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1924 United Kingdom general election|General election 1924]]: Peterborough <ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe|Henry Brassey]]
|votes = 14,195
|percentage = 50.4
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Mansfield (English politician)|John Mansfield]]
|votes = 9,180
|percentage = 32.6
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Daniel Boyle (politician)|Daniel Boyle]]
|votes = 4,786
|percentage = 17.0
|change = &minus;9.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,015
|percentage = 17.8
|change = +4.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,161
|percentage = 77.2
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 36,461
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Peterborough <ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe|Henry Brassey]]
|votes = 11,634
|percentage = 43.4
|change = &minus;4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Mansfield (English politician)|John Mansfield]]
|votes = 8,177
|percentage = 30.5
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Daniel Boyle (politician)|Daniel Boyle]]
|votes = 7,014
|percentage = 26.1
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,457
|percentage = 12.9
|change = &minus;4.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 26,825
|percentage = 74.4
|change = &minus;6.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 36,049
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Peterborough <ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe|Henry Brassey]]
|votes = 13,560
|percentage = 47.5
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Mansfield (English politician)|John Mansfield]]
|votes = 8,668
|percentage = 30.4
|change = &minus;10.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Nicholls (MP)|George Nicholls]]
|votes = 6,290
|percentage = 22.1
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,892
|percentage = 17.1
|change = +14.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,518
|percentage = 80.6
|change = +18.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 35,393
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +7.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1910s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Peterborough<ref name="auto"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Brassey, 1st Baron Brassey of Apethorpe|Henry Brassey]]
|votes = 9,516
|percentage = 44.1
|change = &minus;3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Mansfield (English politician)|John Mansfield]]
|votes = 8,832
|percentage = 41.0
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Ivatt Slater
|votes = 3,214
|percentage = 14.9
|change = &minus;37.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 684
|percentage = 3.1
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 21,562
|percentage = 62.2
|change = &minus;27.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 34,676
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +17.2
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Greenwood]]
|votes = 3,105
|percentage = 52.6
|change = &minus;0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp#Family|Henry Lygon]]
|votes = 2,802
|percentage = 47.4
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 303
|percentage = 5.2
|change = &minus;1.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,907
|percentage = 90.0
|change = &minus;4.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,564
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;0.9
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Greenwood]]
|votes = 3,308
|percentage = 53.5
|change = &minus;7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Robert Purvis (politician)|Robert Purvis]]
|votes = 2,875
|percentage = 46.5
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 433
|percentage = 7.0
|change = &minus;14.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,183
|percentage = 94.2
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,564
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;7.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1900s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Greenwood]]
|votes = 3,326
|percentage = 60.5
|change = +12.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Robert Purvis (politician)|Robert Purvis]]
|votes = 2,167
|percentage = 39.5
|change = &minus;12.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,159
|percentage = 21.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 5,493
|percentage = 91.2
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 6,025
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = +12.3
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Robert Purvis (politician)|Robert Purvis]]
|votes = 2,315
|percentage = 51.8
|change = &minus;1.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Halley Stewart]]
|votes = 2,155
|percentage = 48.2
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 160
|percentage = 3.6
|change = &minus;2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,470
|percentage = 84.3
|change = &minus;5.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 5,300
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = &minus;1.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1890s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Robert Purvis (politician)|Robert Purvis]]
|votes = 2,259
|percentage = 52.8
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alpheus Morton]]
|votes = 2,020
|percentage = 47.2
|change = &minus;4.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 239
|percentage = 5.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 4,279
|percentage = 89.4
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,787
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +4.8
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election|General election 1892]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alpheus Morton]]
|votes = 2,037
|percentage = 52.0
|change = +6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Robert Purvis (politician)|Robert Purvis]]
|votes = 1,879
|percentage = 48.0
|change = &minus;6.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 158
|percentage = 4.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,916
|percentage = 85.9
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,559
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = +6.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1880s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1889 Peterborough by-election|By-election, 7 Oct 1889]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Alpheus Morton]]
|votes = 1,893
|percentage = 53.6
|change = +8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[Robert Purvis (politician)|Robert Purvis]]
|votes = 1,642
|percentage = 46.4
|change = &minus;8.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 251
|percentage = 7.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,535
|percentage = 87.2
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors =4,056
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Unionist Party
|swing = +8.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Wentworth-Fitzwilliam's death.

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Unionist Party
|candidate = [[John Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
|votes = 1,780
|percentage = 54.4
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Greenwood]]
|votes = 1,491
|percentage = 45.6
|change = &minus;0.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 289
|percentage = 8.8
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,271
|percentage = 84.3
|change = &minus;4.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,882
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Unionist Party
|loser = Independent Liberal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1885"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = [[John Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
|votes = 1,853
|percentage = 53.7
|change = +19.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton|Sydney Buxton]]
|votes = 1,595
|percentage = 46.3
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 258
|percentage = 7.4
|change = &minus;9.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,448
|percentage = 88.8
|change = +19.5 (est)
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,882
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Independent Liberal
|swing = +8.8
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1883 Peterborough by-election|By-election, 23 Jun 1883]]: Peterborough (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton|Sydney Buxton]]
|votes = 1,438
|percentage = 56.5
|change = &minus;22.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Adam Ferguson<ref>{{cite news|title=Polling at Peterborough|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000228/18830627/014/0003|access-date=9 December 2017|work=[[Derbyshire Times]]|date=27 June 1883|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 1,106
|percentage = 43.5
|change = +22.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 332
|percentage = 13.0
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,544
|percentage = 70.9
|change = +1.6 (est)
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,589
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;22.5
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Whalley's resignation.

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = [[John Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]<ref>{{cite news|title=General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001580/18851128/036/0003|access-date=15 January 2018|work=Jersey Independent and Daily Telegraph|date=28 November 1885|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 1,615
|percentage = 34.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Hampden Whalley]]
|votes = 1,257
|percentage = 26.7
|change = &minus;7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Tennant]]
|votes = 987
|percentage = 21.0
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomson Hankey]]
|votes = 841
|percentage = 17.9
|change = &minus;16.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,350 (est)
|percentage = 69.3 (est)
|change = &minus;4.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,393
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 774
|percentage = 16.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Liberal
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 270
|percentage = 5.7
|change = &minus;5.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1878 Peterborough by-election|By-election, 29 Oct 1878]]: Peterborough (1 seat)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Liberal
|candidate = [[John Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Peterborough Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/18781012/042/0002|access-date=15 January 2018|work=[[Londonderry Sentinel]]|date=12 October 1878|page=2|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 1,360
|percentage = 50.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Lawrance]]
|votes = 671
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = James Hayes Raper<ref>{{cite news|title=Peterborough Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000264/18781026/038/0008|access-date=15 January 2018|work=[[Western Daily Press]]|date=26 October 1878|page=8|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 653
|percentage = 24.3
|change = &minus;43.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)
|candidate = [[George Potter (trade unionist)|George Potter]]
|votes = 8
|percentage = 0.3
|change = &minus;14.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 689
|percentage = 25.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,692
|percentage = 80.6
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,340
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent Liberal
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Whalley's death. Raper was a 'Permissive Bill' candidate.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Peterborough Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18781030/054/0004|access-date=15 January 2018|work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]]|date=30 October 1878|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomson Hankey]]
|votes = 1,135
|percentage = 29.4
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|votes = 1,105
|percentage = 28.6
|change = &minus;2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Wrenfordsley]]
|votes = 666
|percentage = 17.2
|change = +12.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal-Labour (UK)
|candidate = [[George Potter (trade unionist)|George Potter]]
|votes = 562
|percentage = 14.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Neville Goodman<ref>{{cite news|title=Election News|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000155/18731119/017/0003|access-date=15 January 2018|work=Bradford Observer|date=19 November 1873|page=3|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 323
|percentage = 8.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Malcolm Kerr]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Peterborough Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001629/18740207/044/0002|access-date=15 January 2018|work=Peterborough Advertiser|date=7 February 1874|page=2|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 71
|percentage = 1.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 439
|percentage = 11.4
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,264 (est)
|percentage = 74.1 (est)
|change = &minus;2.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 3,056
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +0.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = &minus;4.4
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Wells (1818–1889)|William Wells]]
|votes = 1,282
|percentage = 35.5
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|votes = 1,122
|percentage = 31.1
|change = &minus;4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomson Hankey]]
|votes = 834
|percentage = 23.1
|change = &minus;10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Green<ref>{{cite news |title=Register |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/18681030/007/0004|access-date=15 March 2018|work=[[Stamford Mercury]]|date=30 October 1868|page=4|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 204
|percentage = 5.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Henry Wrenfordsley]]
|votes = 167
|percentage = 4.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 288
|percentage = 8.0
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,888 (est)
|percentage = 76.7 (est)
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 2,461
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Green, a Radical liberal,<ref>{{cite news|title=Peterborough|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000354/18681120/033/0007|access-date=15 March 2018|work=Lincolnshire Chronicle|date=20 November 1868|page=7|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> withdrew before polling.<ref>{{cite news|title=Peterborough|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000667/18681118/129/0007|access-date=15 March 2018|work=[[Birmingham Daily Gazette]]|date=18 November 1868|page=7|via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|votes = 340
|percentage = 35.3
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomson Hankey]]
|votes = 320
|percentage = 33.6
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Wells (1818–1889)|William Wells]]
|votes = 303
|percentage = 31.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17
|percentage = 1.8
|change = &minus;4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 482 (est)
|percentage = 75.1 (est)
|change = &minus;5.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 641
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Northampton Mercury |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000317/18590416/005/0003 |access-date=24 June 2018 |date=16 April 1859 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomson Hankey]]
|votes = 275
|percentage = 30.2
|change = &minus;4.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|votes = 253
|percentage = 27.8
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Harvey Lee Wingfield<ref>{{cite news |title=Local Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000354/18590506/004/0003 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Lincolnshire Chronicle |date=6 May 1859 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 195
|percentage = 21.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[James Wilde, 1st Baron Penzance|James Wilde]]
|votes = 187
|percentage = 20.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 58
|percentage = 6.4
|change = &minus;4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 455 (est)
|percentage = 80.1 (est)
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 568
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[George Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
|votes = 321
|percentage = 41.8
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Thomson Hankey]]
|votes = 266
|percentage = 34.6
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|votes = 181
|percentage = 23.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 85
|percentage = 11.0
|change = +8.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 384 (est)
|percentage = 70.8 (est)
|change = &minus;16.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 542
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1853 Peterborough by-election|By-election, 25 June 1853]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|votes = 236
|percentage = 52.3
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Thomson Hankey]]
|votes = 215
|percentage = 47.7
|change = &minus;0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 21
|percentage = 4.6
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 451
|percentage = 85.7
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 526
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|swing = +0.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by the 1852 by-election being declared void on petition due to bribery and treating.<ref>{{cite news |title=Imperial Parliament |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/18530615/023/0004 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Hereford Journal |date=15 June 1853 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Although Whalley secured the most votes, his election was declared void owing to disqualification due to the earlier bribery and treating, and Hankey was declared elected.<ref>{{cite news |title=Imperial Parliament |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18530811/004/0002 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=London Daily News |date=11 August 1853 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1852 Peterborough by-election|By-election, 6 December 1852]]: Peterborough<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = [[George Hammond Whalley]]
|votes = 233
|percentage = 51.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[George Cornewall Lewis]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Peterborough Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/18521208/010/0003 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Hereford Journal |date=8 December 1852 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Peterborough |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000786/18521208/034/0002 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=The Ulsterman |date=8 December 1852 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 218
|percentage = 48.3
|change = &minus;21.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15
|percentage = 3.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 451
|percentage = 85.7
|change = &minus;2.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 526
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Watson's death.

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[George Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
|votes = 260
|percentage = 37.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Richard Watson (politician)|Richard Watson]]
|votes = 229
|percentage = 32.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Talbot Clifton (MP)|John Talbot Clifton]]<ref>{{cite news |title=To the Electors of South Lincolnshire |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000354/18520702/029/0001 |access-date=24 June 2018 |work=Lincolnshire Chronicle |date=2 July 1852 |page=1 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 210
|percentage = 30.0
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 19
|percentage = 2.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 455 (est)
|percentage = 87.7 (est)
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 518
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[George Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[William Cavendish, 2nd Baron Chesham|William Cavendish]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 553
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[George Wentworth-FitzWilliam]]
|votes = 317
|percentage = 38.8
|change = +1.5
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet|Robert Heron]]
|votes = 255
|percentage = 31.3
|change = &minus;3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Thomas Gladstone]]
|votes = 244
|percentage = 29.9
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11
|percentage = 1.4
|change = &minus;5.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 495
|percentage = 85.9
|change = &minus;3.6
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 576
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +0.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = &minus;2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Nicholas Fazakerley]]
|votes = 311
|percentage = 37.3
|change = &minus;1.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet|Robert Heron]]
|votes = 288
|percentage = 34.6
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Edward Surtees<ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer|date=1838|page=88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVwEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA88 }}</ref>
|votes = 234
|percentage = 28.1
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 54
|percentage = 6.5
|change = &minus;0.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 494
|percentage = 89.5
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 552
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = &minus;1.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = &minus;0.1
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Nicholas Fazakerley]]
|votes = 412
|percentage = 39.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet|Robert Heron]]
|votes = 358
|percentage = 34.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Walker Ferrand
|votes = 281
|percentage = 26.7
}}
{{Election box majority no change|
|votes = 77
|percentage = 7.4
}}
{{Election box turnout no change|
|votes = 591
|percentage = 86.3
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 685
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="craig1832"/><ref name="stooks-smith"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Nicholas Fazakerley]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet|Robert Heron]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 773
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |author1=Casey, Martin |author2=Salmon, Philip |title=Peterborough |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/peterborough |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Nicholas Fazakerley]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet|Robert Heron]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = {{circa|730}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1830 Peterborough by-election|By-election, 24 November 1830]]: Peterborough<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Nicholas Fazakerley]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}

* Caused by Wentworth-FitzWilliam's resignation

{{Election box begin no change |
|title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Peterborough (2 seats)<ref name="stooks-smith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam|Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam]]
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet|Robert Heron]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire]]
*[[List of parliamentary constituencies in Cambridgeshire]]


==References==
{{Constituencies in the East of England}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
{{UK-constituency-stub}}
*[http://www.parliament.uk/ United Kingdom Parliament]

{{Peterborough}}
{{Constituencies in the East of England}}
{{Authority control}}
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Latest revision as of 21:54, 10 June 2024

For other uses, see Peterborough (disambiguation).

Peterborough
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Map of constituency
Boundary of Peterborough in the East of England
CountyCambridgeshire
Electorate70,424 (2018)[1]
Current constituency
Created1974 (1974)
Member of ParliamentPaul Bristow (Conservative)
SeatsOne
1918–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyCounty constituency
1541–1918
Seats1541–1885: Two
1885–1918: One
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Peterborough is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Paul Bristow of the Conservative Party.

Its current form is the direct, unbroken successor of a smaller constituency that was created in the mid-16th century returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) using the bloc vote system of election and represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, then in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and then in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. From 1885 onwards, the seat has elected one MP using the first-past-the-post system.

Boundaries and boundary changes[edit]

Prior to 1918[edit]

The City of Peterborough formed a parliamentary borough returning two members in 1541. The rest of the Soke of Peterborough was part of the Northamptonshire parliamentary county; the area south of the River Nene was in the historic county of Huntingdonshire and Thorney was considered part of Cambridgeshire. Until 1832 when the whole of the parish of Saint John the Baptist was encompassed, the boundary, as far as is known, excluded the villages of Longthorpe, Dogsthorpe and Newark with Eastfield. The Great Reform Act did not affect the borough, while the rural portion of the Soke was included in the Northern division of Northamptonshire. Under the Boundaries Act 1868,[2] New Fletton and Woodstone were transferred from Huntingdonshire[3] and, under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough's representation was reduced from two to one MP.

1918-1950[edit]

  • The administrative county of the Soke of Peterborough (the Municipal Borough of Peterborough and the Rural Districts of Barnack and Peterborough);
  • The Urban District of Oundle;
  • The Rural Districts of Easton-on-the-Hill and Gretton; and
  • Parts of the Rural Districts of Oundle and Thrapston[4]

In 1918 the parliamentary borough was abolished and replaced with a new division of the parliamentary county of Northampton with the Soke of Peterborough,[5] including the whole of the Soke (which had been created as a separate administrative county by the Local Government Act 1888) and neighbouring parts of the administrative county of Northamptonshire, absorbing the bulk of the abolished Northern division, incorporating Oundle and extending down to and beyond Thrapston and Corby.

1950-1974[edit]

  • The Municipal Borough of Peterborough;
  • The Urban District of Oundle;
  • The Rural Districts of Barnack and Peterborough; and
  • Part of the Rural District of Oundle and Thrapston[4]

Designated as a county constituency under the revisions brought in for the 1950 general election by the Representation of the People Act 1948, with only minor changes to the boundaries of the constituency to reflect a rationalisation of the rural districts of Northamptonshire.

1974-1983[edit]

  • The Municipal Borough of Peterborough; and
  • The Rural Districts of Barnack, Peterborough and Thorney[4]

In 1965 the administrative counties of the Soke of Peterborough and Huntingdonshire were combined to form Huntingdon and Peterborough. At the next redistribution, which came into effect for the February 1974 general election, the constituency was redesignated as a Borough Constituency, composed of the local authorities which had comprised the Soke, together with the sparsely populated Rural District of Thorney, which was transferred from the administrative county/constituency of Isle of Ely. The parts in Northamptonshire were transferred to Wellingborough.

1983-1997[edit]

  • The City of Peterborough wards of Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Fletton, North, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Stanground, Walton and West[6]

As a result of the Local Government Act 1972, the two counties of Huntingdon and Peterborough and Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely were merged to form the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire, with effect from 1 April 1974. However, the next redistribution did not come into effect until the 1983 general election, when areas to the south of the River Nene, including Fletton and the Ortons, which were now part of the expanded City of Peterborough, were transferred from the abolished constituency of Huntingdonshire. Mainly rural areas to the east (Thorney and Eye) and west (Barnack and Werrington) were transferred to the new constituencies of North East Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon respectively.

1997-2010[edit]

  • The City of Peterborough wards of Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, North, Park, Paston, Ravensthorpe, Walton, Werrington and West[7]

The next redistribution, which came into effect for the 1997 general election, saw the creation of North West Cambridgeshire, which took the areas to the south of the River Nene (City of Peterborough wards of Fletton, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville and Stanground). Werrington was transferred back from Huntingdon.

2010-2024[edit]

Map
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Cambridgeshire which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the Boundary Commission for England made minor alterations to the existing constituencies to deal with population changes, primarily the transfer back of Thorney and Eye from North East Cambridgeshire. There were also marginal changes to take account of the redistribution of City of Peterborough wards. These changes increased the electorate from 64,893 to 70,640.[9] On the enumeration date of 17 February 2000, the electoral quota for England was 69,934 voters per constituency.[9]

Current[edit]

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the composition of the constituency is as follows (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

  • The City of Peterborough wards of: Bretton; Central; Dogsthorpe; East; Eye, Thorney & Newborough; Gunthorpe; North; Park; Paston & Walton; Ravensthorpe; Werrington; West.[10]

Marginal loss due to further ward boundary changes.

The current constituency is composed of built-up areas of Peterborough to the north of the River Nene, as well as rural areas to the east and north and comprises approximately 60% of the electorate of the local authority of the City of Peterborough.[11] Remaining parts of the city, composed of residential areas to the south of the River Nene and rural areas to the west of Peterborough form part of the North West Cambridgeshire constituency.[8]

Franchise[edit]

The Guildhall, Cathedral Square (1669–1671), site of the former Market Place.

In the unreformed House of Commons to be either a candidate or an elector for a county seat, a man had to own (not rent) freehold property valued for the land tax at two pounds a year (women could neither vote nor stand for election). They were known as the Forty Shilling Freeholders. The franchise for borough seats varied enormously. Originally in Peterborough the dean and chapter had claimed the franchise and held that only residents of Minster Precincts were burgesses. By the interregnum, the city was one of 37 boroughs in which suffrage was restricted to those paying scot and lot, a form of municipal taxation. In 1800 there were 2,000 registered voters in Northamptonshire and 400 in Peterborough. By 1835 this was 576, or about one per cent of the population.[12] Bribery was general until the introduction of the secret ballot under the Ballot Act 1872. Votes were cast by spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, erected on the Market Place (now Cathedral Square).[13]

In 1832 the Great Reform Act enfranchised those who owned or leased land worth £10 or more and the Second Reform Act extended this to all householders paying £10 or more in rent per annum, effectively enfranchising the skilled working class, so by 1868 the percentage of voters in Peterborough had risen to about 20% of the population.[14] The Third Reform Act extended the provisions of the previous act to the counties and the Fourth Reform Act widened suffrage further by abolishing practically all property qualifications for men and by enfranchising women over 30 who met minimum property qualifications. This system, known as universal manhood suffrage, was first used in the 1918 general election. However, full electoral equality would not occur until the Fifth Reform Act ten years later.

According to the 2001 census, the population count of Peterborough constituency is 95,103 persons, comprising 46,131 males and 48,972 females. 67.56% of those aged 16–74 are economically active, including 5.92% unemployed; a further 12.26% are retired and 3.08% students. Of a total 39,760 households, 63.80% are owner occupied, fewer than the regional (72.71%) and national (68.72%) averages.[15] Turnout at the 2005 general election was 41,194 or 61.0% of those eligible to vote, below the regional (63.6%) and national (61.3%) figures.

Members of Parliament[edit]

The Town Hall, Upper Bridge Street (1930–1933), formerly Narrow Street.

Peterborough sent two members to parliament for the first time in 1547. Before the civil war, many were relatives of the clergy; then for two hundred years after the restoration there was always a Fitzwilliam, or a Fitzwilliam nominee, sitting as member for Peterborough, making it a Whig stronghold.[16] Representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.[17]

One of the earliest incumbents, Sir Walter Mildmay, member for Peterborough from 1553 to 1554, subsequently became Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1559 to 1589. Later, in the nineteenth century, William Elliot, Whig member from 1802 until his death in 1819, was Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland between 1806 and 1807; the Hon. William Lamb (later the 2nd Viscount Melbourne), Whig member from 1816 to 1819, became Home Secretary in 1830 then Prime Minister from 1834 to 1841; and Sir James Scarlett (later the 1st Baron Abinger), Whig member from 1819 to 1830, was, from 1827, Attorney General for England and Wales.[18]

From the formal merger of the breakaway Liberal Unionists with the Conservatives in 1912 and the absorption of rural North Northamptonshire in 1918, Peterborough has been predominantly Conservative; however, it has elected Labour MPs several times from 1929 onwards.

Lord Burghley, as he then was, succeeded the socialist writer and illustrator, Frank Horrabin, who was born in the city and elected under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald in 1929.[19] David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, winner of 400m hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics, member of the International Olympic Committee for 48 years and chairman of the organising committee of the 1948 Summer Olympics, was the Conservative member from 1931 to 1943.

In 1966, in one of the closest polls in UK history, Sir Harmar Nicholls held the seat by three votes after seven recounts. Nicholls was the Conservative member from 1950 to 1974, when he lost in the October election of that year to Labour's Michael Ward, having held on by just 22 votes after four recounts in the election eight months earlier.[20] The growth in the New Town from 1967 may in part account for Labour's victory here in 1974. In 1979, however, Ward lost the seat to the Conservative Brian Mawhinney, who would represent Peterborough for the entire duration of the incoming Conservative government and was a Cabinet Minister and Conservative Party Chairman during the second Major government (1992–97).

The seat was made more competitive in the 1997 boundary review by the formation of the North West Cambridgeshire seat, which incorporated the rural land outside Peterborough and several Conservative-inclined wards from the city. Since its formation, North West Cambridgeshire has been one of the safest Conservative seats in the country, whilst Peterborough was ranked 93rd in the Conservatives's one hundred most vulnerable seats (the ones which the other parties must take if there is to be a change of government) and 73rd on Labour's target list;[citation needed] these factors led Mawhinney to stand in North West Cambridgeshire instead. He retired as an MP in 2005 and was created Baron Mawhinney, of Peterborough in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Helen Clark (née Brinton) won the seat for Labour in 1997. She was defeated by Conservative candidate Stewart Jackson at the 2005 election, following which it was widely reported that Clark was planning to defect to the Conservative Party,[21] an announcement which was not popular locally.[22] However, by early June it emerged that while she had left the Labour Party, she had not in fact joined the Conservatives and did not intend to.[23]

Jackson was re-elected in 2010 with an increased majority, which then fell in 2015. In 2017, Labour's Fiona Onasanya won a majority of 607; this result marked the first time since 1929 that Peterborough voted Labour in an election where the Conservatives won the national popular vote, and the first time it has ever elected a Labour MP in a year in which Labour did not form the government. Furthermore, Peterborough became one of five constituencies – the others being Croydon Central, Enfield Southgate, Leeds North West and Reading East – which elected Labour MPs in 2017 having not done so since 2001.

Parliamentary borough 1547–1918[edit]

MPs 1542–1660[edit]

Election Senior member Junior member
1542 Sir Thomas Moyle[24]
1547 Sir Wymond Carew, died
and replaced in 1552 by John Campanett[25]		 Richard Pallady[26]
March 1553 Not known Not known
Oct. 1553 Sir Walter Mildmay[27] Sir William FitzWilliam[28]
April 1554 John Gamlin (Gamblin, Gamlyn)[29] Giles Isham
Nov. 1554 William Liveley[30] Gilbert Bull
1555 Maurice Tyrell John Mountsteven
1558 Giles Isham Thomas Hussey
1559 Sir William FitzWilliam Robert Wingfield Jr.
1562 John FitzWilliam
1571 William Fitzwilliam[31] Henry Cheke, sat for Bedford
and replaced by Brian Ansley
1572 Robert Wingfield Jr., died
and replaced in 1581 by Sir William FitzWilliam		 Hugh FitzWilliam died
and replaced 1576 by Humphrey Mildmay
1584 William Fitzwilliam[31] James Scambler
1586 Thomas Hacke
1589 Sir Thomas Reede Thomas Howland
1593 William Hacke
1597 John Wingfield Alexander Neville
1601 Nicholas Tufton Goddard Pemberton
1603 Sir Richard Cecil of Wakerley Edward Wymarke
1614 Sir William Walter Roger Manwood
1621 Mildmay Fane[32] Walter Fitzwilliam
1624 Sir Francis Fane[33] Laurence Whitaker
1625 Sir Christopher Hatton
1626 Mildmay Fane, Lord Burghersh
1628
The Short Parliament (April–May 1640)
April 1640 David Cecil William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam
The Long Parliament (1640–1648), the Rump Parliament (1648–1653) and the Barebone's Parliament (1653)
Nov. 1640 William FitzWilliam, 2nd Baron FitzWilliam Sir Robert Napier, 2nd Baronet
The First Protectorate Parliament (1654–1655); one member only
1654 Col. Alexander Blake[34]
The Second (1656–1658) and Third (1659) Protectorate Parliaments
1656 Col. Alexander Blake Francis St John

MPs 1660–1883[edit]

The Tories (or Abhorrers) and Whigs (or Petitioners) originated in the Court and Country parties that emerged in the aftermath of the civil war, although it is more accurate to describe them as loose tendencies, both of which might be regarded as conservative in modern terms.[35] Modern party politics did not really begin to coalesce in Great Britain until at least 1784.

Election First member[36] 1st party Second member[36] 2nd party
The Rump Parliament recalled (1659) and the Long Parliament restored (1660)
1660 Sir Humphrey Orme[37] Court Charles Fane, Lord le Despencer Country
1666 Edward Palmer[38] Whig
1667 William FitzWilliam, 3rd Baron FitzWilliam[39] Whig
1671 Sir Vere Fane Whig
Feb. 1679 Francis St John Whig
Aug. 1679 Charles Orme Whig
1681 William FitzWilliam, 3rd Baron FitzWilliam Whig
1685 Charles FitzWilliam Whig Charles Orme Whig
Jan 1689 Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet[40] Whig
Dec 1689 Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet Whig
1698 Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu Whig Francis St John Whig
1701 Sir Gilbert Dolben, 1st Baronet Whig
1710 John FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton Whig Charles Parker Tory
1722 Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu Whig
1727 Sir Edward O'Bryan, 2nd Baronet[41] Tory
1727 Hon. Sidney Wortley-Montagu Whig
1728 by-election Joseph Banks Whig
1729 by-election Charles Gounter-Nicoll Whig
Jan. 1734 by-election Armstead Parker Tory
April 1734 Sir Edward Wortley Montagu Whig
1741 William FitzWilliam, 3rd Earl FitzWilliam Whig
1742 by-election Armstead Parker Tory
1747 Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet[42] Whig
1761 Armstead Parker Tory
March 1768 Matthew Wyldbore Whig
Nov. 1768 by-election Henry Belasyse, Viscount Belasyse Whig
1774 by-election Richard Benyon Whig[43]
1780 James Farrel Phipps Whig[43]
1786 by-election Hon. Lionel Damer Whig[43]
1796 Dr. French Laurence[44] Whig[43]
1802 William Elliot Whig[43]
1809 by-election Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock Whig[43]
1812 George Ponsonby[45] Whig[43]
1816 by-election Hon. William Lamb[46] Whig[43]
Feb. 1819 by-election Sir James Scarlett[47] Whig[43]
Nov. 1819 by-election Sir Robert Heron, 2nd Baronet[48] Whig[49][43][50][51]
Aug. 1830 Charles Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton[52] Whig[43]
Nov. 1830 by-election John Nicholas Fazakerley Whig[43][50][51]
1841 Hon. George Wentworth-FitzWilliam Whig[53][49][43]
1847 Hon. William Cavendish Whig[53][54][55]
1852 Hon. Richard Watson Whig[43][56]
1852 by-election George Hammond Whalley[57] Radical[58][59][60][61]
1853 by-election Thomson Hankey[62] Whig
1859 Liberal George Hammond Whalley Liberal
1868 William Wells[63] Liberal
1874 Thomson Hankey Liberal
1878 by-election Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam Independent Liberal
1880 Hampden Whalley[64] Liberal
1883 by-election Sir Sydney Buxton[65] Liberal
1885 representation reduced to one member

MPs 1885–1918[edit]

In 1832 the Tory Party evolved into the Conservative Party and in 1859 the Whig Party evolved, with Radicals and Peelites, into the Liberal Party. In opposition to Irish home rule, the Liberal Unionists ceded from the Liberals in 1886, aligning themselves with the Conservatives. The Labour Party was later founded, as the Labour Representation Committee, in 1900.

Election Member[36] Party
1885 Hon. John Wentworth-FitzWilliam[66] Independent Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1889 by-election Sir Alpheus Morton Liberal
1895 Sir Robert Purvis Liberal Unionist / Conservative
1906 Sir Granville Greenwood[67] Liberal
1918 parliamentary borough abolished

Division and county constituency[edit]

The parliamentary borough of Peterborough was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1918, and the name was transferred to a division of the new parliamentary county of Northampton with the Soke of Peterborough.[5] The Peterborough division became a county constituency in 1950.

MPs 1918–1974[edit]

Election Member[36] Party
1918 Sir Henry Brassey, 1st Baronet[68] Coalition Conservative
1929 J. F. Horrabin[69] Labour
1931 David Cecil, Lord Burghley[70] Conservative
1943 by-election John Hely-Hutchinson, Viscount Suirdale Conservative
1945 Stanley Tiffany Labour Co-operative
1950 Sir Harmar Nicholls[71] Conservative
Feb. 1974 county constituency abolished

Borough constituency[edit]

Peterborough was redefined as a borough constituency with effect from the February 1974 general election.[72] Successors of the historic parliamentary boroughs, the spending limits for election campaigns are slightly lower than in county constituencies.

MPs since 1974[edit]

Election Member[36] Party
Feb. 1974 Sir Harmar Nicholls[72] Conservative
Oct. 1974 Michael Ward Labour
1979 Sir Brian Mawhinney Conservative
1997 Helen Clark Labour
2005 Stewart Jackson Conservative
2017 Fiona Onasanya Labour
2018 Independent
2019 by-election Lisa Forbes Labour
2019 Paul Bristow Conservative

Onasanya sat as an independent after she was suspended by the Labour Party in December 2018.[73][74] The seat became vacant on 1 May 2019 following a successful recall petition,[75] until 7 June 2019, when Lisa Forbes was elected to the constituency in the 2019 Peterborough by-election, on behalf of the Labour Party.

Elections[edit]

Election history since 1900

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

General election 2024: Peterborough[76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bristow
Green Nicola Day
Workers Party Amjad Hussain
Independent Zahid Ejaz Khan
Reform UK Sue Morris
Labour Co-op Andrew Pakes
CPA Tom Rogers
Liberal Democrats Nick Sandford
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

General election 2019: Peterborough[77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Bristow 22,334 46.7 −0.1
Labour Lisa Forbes 19,754 41.3 −6.8
Liberal Democrats Beki Sellick 2,334 4.9 +1.6
Brexit Party Mike Greene 2,127 4.4 N/A
Green Joseph Wells 728 1.5 −0.3
Independent Luke Ferguson 260 0.5 N/A
CPA Tom Rogers 151 0.3 N/A
Monster Raving Loony The Very Raving Mr P 113 0.2 N/A
Majority 2,580 5.4 N/A
Turnout 47,801 65.9 −0.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.3
By-election 2019: Peterborough[78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lisa Forbes 10,484 30.9 Decrease17.2
Brexit Party Mike Greene 9,801 28.9 New
Conservative Paul Bristow 7,243 21.4 Decrease25.4
Liberal Democrats Beki Sellick 4,159 12.3 Increase9.0
Green Joseph Wells 1,035 3.1 Increase1.3
UKIP John Whitby 400 1.2 New
CPA Tom Rogers 162 0.5 New
English Democrat Stephen Goldspink 153 0.5 New
SDP Patrick O'Flynn 135 0.4 New
Monster Raving Loony Alan Hope 112 0.3 New
Independent Andrew Moore 101 0.3 New
Common Good Dick Rodgers 60 0.2 New
Renew Peter Ward 45 0.1 New
UKEU Pierre Kirk 25 0.1 New
Give Me Back Elmo Bobby Smith 5 0.0 New
Majority 683 2.0 Increase0.7
Turnout 33,920 48.4 Decrease18.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease23.6
General election 2017: Peterborough[79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fiona Onasanya 22,950 48.1 +12.5
Conservative Stewart Jackson 22,343 46.8 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Beki Sellick 1,597 3.3 −0.4
Green Fiona Radić 848 1.8 −0.8
Majority 607 1.3 N/A
Turnout 47,738 66.7 +1.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +2.7
General election 2015: Peterborough[80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stewart Jackson 18,684 39.7 −0.7
Labour Lisa Forbes 16,759 35.6 +6.1
UKIP Mary Herdman 7,485 15.9 +9.2
Liberal Democrats Darren Fower 1,774 3.8 −15.8
Green Darren Bisby-Boyd 1,218 2.6 +1.4
Liberal Chris Ash 639 1.4 New
Independent John Fox 516 1.1 New
Majority 1,925 4.1 −6.8
Turnout 47,075 64.9 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing −3.4
General election 2010: Peterborough[81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stewart Jackson 18,133 40.4 −2.9
Labour Ed Murphy 13,272 29.5 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Nick Sandford 8,816 19.6 +2.9
UKIP Frances Fox 3,007 6.7 +3.5
English Democrat Rob King 770 1.7 New
Green Fiona Radic 523 1.2 New
Independent John Swallow 406 0.9 New
Majority 4,861 10.9 +4.3
Turnout 44,927 63.9 +2.9
Conservative hold Swing +0.95

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

General election 2005: Peterborough[82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stewart Jackson 17,364 42.1 +4.1
Labour Helen Clark 14,624 35.5 −9.6
Liberal Democrats Nick Sandford 6,876 16.7 +2.2
UKIP Mary Herdman 1,242 3.0 +0.6
National Front Terry Blackham 931 2.3 New
Independent Marc Potter 167 0.4 New
Majority 2,740 6.6 N/A
Turnout 41,194 61.0 −0.4
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.85
General election 2001: Peterborough [83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Brinton 17,975 45.1 −5.2
Conservative Stewart Jackson 15,121 38.0 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Nick Sandford 5,761 14.5 +3.8
UKIP Julian Fairweather 955 2.4 +1.7
Majority 2,854 7.1 −8.0
Turnout 39,812 61.4 −11.4
Labour hold Swing −4.0

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

General election 1997: Peterborough [84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Brinton 24,365 50.3 +12.5
Conservative Jacqueline Foster 17,042 35.2 −14.3
Liberal Democrats David Howarth 5,170 10.7 +1.4
Referendum Philip Slater 924 1.91 New
Natural Law Charles Brettell 334 0.7 +0.4
UKIP John Linskey 317 0.7 New
ProLife Alliance Stephen Goldspink 275 0.6 New
Majority 7,323 15.1 N/A
Turnout 48,427 72.8 −2.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +11.6
General election 1992: Peterborough [85]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Mawhinney 31,827 48.3 −1.1
Labour Julie Owens 26,451 40.2 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Amanda Taylor 5,208 7.9 −8.2
Liberal Erbie Murat 1,557 2.4 New
BNP Richard Heaton 311 0.5 New
Independent Pamela Beasley 271 0.4 New
Natural Law Charles Brettell 215 0.3 New
Majority 5,376 8.1 −7.6
Turnout 65,840 75.1 +1.6
Conservative hold Swing −3.8

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

General election 1987: Peterborough[86]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Mawhinney 30,624 49.4 +2.3
Labour Andrew MacKinlay 20,840 33.7 +4.7
Liberal David Green 9,984 16.1 −6.6
Green Nigel Callaghan 506 0.8 −0.1
Majority 9,784 15.7 −2.4
Turnout 61,951 73.5 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing −1.2
General election 1983: Peterborough[87]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Mawhinney 27,270 47.1 −1.7
Labour Brian Fish 16,831 29.0 −10.8
SDP Elizabeth Walston 13,142 22.7 +12.7
Ecology Nigel Callaghan 511 0.9 New
Workers Revolutionary DE Hyland 155 0.3 +0.1
Majority 10,439 18.1 +9.1
Turnout 57,909 73.3 −4.6
Conservative hold Swing +4.5

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

General election 1979: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Mawhinney 27,734 48.80 +8.12
Labour Michael Ward 22,632 39.82 −4.63
Liberal D Green 5,685 10.00 −4.87
National Front J Willhelmy 672 1.18 New
Workers Revolutionary M Bishop 106 0.19 New
Majority 5,102 8.98 N/A
Turnout 56,829 77.94 +0.07
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +6.37
General election October 1974: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Ward 21,820 44.45 +4.94
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 19,972 40.68 +1.13
Liberal Peter Boizot 7,302 14.87 −6.06
Majority 1,848 3.77 N/A
Turnout 49,094 77.87 −4.45
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +1.91
General election February 1974: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 20,353 39.55 −14.53
Labour Michael Ward 20,331 39.51 −6.41
Liberal Peter Boizot 10,772 20.93 New
Majority 22 0.04 −8.12
Turnout 51,456 82.32 +3.83
Conservative hold Swing −4.06
General election 1970: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 30,227 54.08 +8.01
Labour Michael Ward 25,662 45.92 −0.14
Majority 4,565 8.16 +8.15
Turnout 55,889 78.49 −2.93
Conservative hold Swing +4.08

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

General election 1966: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 23,944 46.07 −0.48
Labour Michael Ward 23,941 46.06 +4.58
Liberal Basil Goldstone 4,093 7.87 −4.10
Majority 3 0.01 −5.06
Turnout 51,978 81.42 −0.34
Conservative hold Swing −2.53
General election 1964: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 24,045 46.55 −8.01
Labour David Saunders 21,428 41.48 −3.96
Liberal Lawrence Young 6,181 11.97 New
Majority 2,617 5.07 −4.05
Turnout 51,654 81.76 −1.23
Conservative hold Swing −2.03

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

General election 1959: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 27,414 54.56 +1.28
Labour Betty Boothroyd 22,830 45.44 −1.28
Majority 4,584 9.12 +2.56
Turnout 50,244 82.99 −0.02
Conservative hold Swing +1.28
General election 1955: Peterborough[88]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 26,319 53.28 +5.23
Labour Albert Farrer 23,081 46.72 −0.60
Majority 3,238 6.56 +5.83
Turnout 49,400 83.01 −3.79
Conservative hold Swing +2.92
General election 1951: Peterborough[89]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 24,536 48.05 +2.11
Labour Albert Farrer 24,163 47.32 +1.67
Liberal Wolf Isaac Akst 2,367 4.64 −3.78
Majority 373 0.73 +0.44
Turnout 51,066 86.80 −0.43
Conservative hold Swing +0.22
General election 1950: Peterborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harmar Nicholls 22,815 45.94 −3.36
Labour Co-op Stanley Tiffany 22,671 45.65 −5.05
Liberal Wolf Isaac Akst 4,180 8.42 New
Majority 144 0.29 N/A
Turnout 49,666 86.37 +13.47
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +0.7

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

General election 1945: Peterborough[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Stanley Tiffany 22,056 50.7 +7.3
Conservative John Hely-Hutchinson 21,485 49.3 −7.3
Majority 571 1.4 N/A
Turnout 43,541 72.9 −7.9
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing
1943 Peterborough by-election[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Hely-Hutchinson 11,976 52.4 −4.2
Independent Labour Samuel Bennett 10,890 47.6 New
Majority 1,086 4.8 −8.4
Turnout 22,866
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939–40 Another general election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected:

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

General election 1935: Peterborough[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cecil 22,677 56.6 −8.6
Labour Ernest A J Davies 17,373 43.4 +8.6
Majority 5,304 13.2 −17.2
Turnout 40,050 80.8 −4.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Peterborough[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cecil 26,640 65.2 +27.5
Labour Frank Horrabin 14,206 34.8 −4.4
Majority 12,434 30.4 N/A
Turnout 40,846 85.2 +4.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

General election 1929: Peterborough[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Horrabin 14,743 39.2 +6.6
Unionist Henry Brassey 14,218 37.7 −12.7
Liberal Francis Hill 8,704 23.1 +6.1
Majority 525 1.5 N/A
Turnout 37,665 80.6 +3.4
Registered electors 46,704
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +9.7
General election 1924: Peterborough [90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Henry Brassey 14,195 50.4 +7.0
Labour John Mansfield 9,180 32.6 +2.1
Liberal Daniel Boyle 4,786 17.0 −9.1
Majority 5,015 17.8 +4.9
Turnout 28,161 77.2 +2.8
Registered electors 36,461
Unionist hold Swing +2.5
General election 1923: Peterborough [90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Henry Brassey 11,634 43.4 −4.1
Labour John Mansfield 8,177 30.5 +0.1
Liberal Daniel Boyle 7,014 26.1 +4.0
Majority 3,457 12.9 −4.2
Turnout 26,825 74.4 −6.2
Registered electors 36,049
Unionist hold Swing −2.1
General election 1922: Peterborough [90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Henry Brassey 13,560 47.5 +3.4
Labour John Mansfield 8,668 30.4 −10.6
Liberal George Nicholls 6,290 22.1 +7.2
Majority 4,892 17.1 +14.0
Turnout 28,518 80.6 +18.4
Registered electors 35,393
Unionist hold Swing +7.0

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

General election 1918: Peterborough[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Henry Brassey 9,516 44.1 −3.3
Labour John Mansfield 8,832 41.0 New
Liberal Thomas Ivatt Slater 3,214 14.9 −37.7
Majority 684 3.1 N/A
Turnout 21,562 62.2 −27.8
Registered electors 34,676
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +17.2
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election December 1910: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Greenwood 3,105 52.6 −0.9
Conservative Henry Lygon 2,802 47.4 +0.9
Majority 303 5.2 −1.8
Turnout 5,907 90.0 −4.2
Registered electors 6,564
Liberal hold Swing −0.9
General election January 1910: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Greenwood 3,308 53.5 −7.0
Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis 2,875 46.5 +7.0
Majority 433 7.0 −14.0
Turnout 6,183 94.2 +3.0
Registered electors 6,564
Liberal hold Swing −7.0

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

General election 1906: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Greenwood 3,326 60.5 +12.3
Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis 2,167 39.5 −12.3
Majority 1,159 21.0 N/A
Turnout 5,493 91.2 +6.9
Registered electors 6,025
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +12.3
General election 1900: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis 2,315 51.8 −1.0
Liberal Halley Stewart 2,155 48.2 +1.0
Majority 160 3.6 −2.0
Turnout 4,470 84.3 −5.1
Registered electors 5,300
Liberal Unionist hold Swing −1.0

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

General election 1895: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis 2,259 52.8 +4.8
Liberal Alpheus Morton 2,020 47.2 −4.8
Majority 239 5.6 N/A
Turnout 4,279 89.4 +3.5
Registered electors 4,787
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +4.8
General election 1892: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alpheus Morton 2,037 52.0 +6.4
Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis 1,879 48.0 −6.4
Majority 158 4.0 N/A
Turnout 3,916 85.9 +1.7
Registered electors 4,559
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +6.4

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

By-election, 7 Oct 1889: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alpheus Morton 1,893 53.6 +8.0
Liberal Unionist Robert Purvis 1,642 46.4 −8.0
Majority 251 7.2 N/A
Turnout 3,535 87.2 +2.9
Registered electors 4,056
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist Swing +8.0
  • Caused by Wentworth-Fitzwilliam's death.
General election 1886: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist John Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1,780 54.4 +0.7
Liberal George Greenwood 1,491 45.6 −0.7
Majority 289 8.8 +1.4
Turnout 3,271 84.3 −4.5
Registered electors 3,882
Liberal Unionist gain from Independent Liberal Swing
General election 1885: Peterborough[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal John Wentworth-FitzWilliam 1,853 53.7 +19.3
Liberal Sydney Buxton 1,595 46.3 +1.7
Majority 258 7.4 −9.1
Turnout 3,448 88.8 +19.5 (est)
Registered electors 3,882
Independent Liberal hold Swing +8.8
By-election, 23 Jun 1883: Peterborough (1 seat)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sydney Buxton 1,438 56.5 −22.5
Conservative John Adam Ferguson[94] 1,106 43.5 +22.5
Majority 332 13.0 +7.3
Turnout 2,544 70.9 +1.6 (est)
Registered electors 3,589
Liberal hold Swing −22.5
  • Caused by Whalley's resignation.
General election 1880: Peterborough (2 seats)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal John Wentworth-FitzWilliam[95] 1,615 34.4 N/A
Liberal Hampden Whalley 1,257 26.7 −7.4
Conservative Robert Tennant 987 21.0 +3.8
Liberal Thomson Hankey 841 17.9 −16.2
Turnout 2,350 (est) 69.3 (est) −4.8
Registered electors 3,393
Majority 774 16.5 N/A
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing
Majority 270 5.7 −5.7
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1870s[edit]

By-election, 29 Oct 1878: Peterborough (1 seat)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal John Wentworth-FitzWilliam[96] 1,360 50.5 New
Conservative John Lawrance 671 24.9 +7.7
Liberal James Hayes Raper[97] 653 24.3 −43.9
Lib-Lab George Potter 8 0.3 −14.3
Majority 689 25.6 N/A
Turnout 2,692 80.6 +6.5
Registered electors 3,340
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A
  • Caused by Whalley's death. Raper was a 'Permissive Bill' candidate.[98]
General election 1874: Peterborough (2 seats)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomson Hankey 1,135 29.4 +6.3
Liberal George Hammond Whalley 1,105 28.6 −2.5
Conservative Henry Wrenfordsley 666 17.2 +12.6
Lib-Lab George Potter 562 14.6 N/A
Liberal Neville Goodman[99] 323 8.4 N/A
Liberal Robert Malcolm Kerr[100] 71 1.8 N/A
Majority 439 11.4 +3.4
Turnout 2,264 (est) 74.1 (est) −2.6
Registered electors 3,056
Liberal hold Swing +0.0
Liberal hold Swing −4.4

Elections in the 1860s[edit]

General election 1868: Peterborough (2 seats)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Wells 1,282 35.5 +3.7
Liberal George Hammond Whalley 1,122 31.1 −4.2
Liberal Thomson Hankey 834 23.1 −10.5
Liberal William Green[101] 204 5.7 N/A
Conservative Henry Wrenfordsley 167 4.6 New
Majority 288 8.0 +6.2
Turnout 1,888 (est) 76.7 (est) +1.6
Registered electors 2,461
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
  • Green, a Radical liberal,[102] withdrew before polling.[103]
General election 1865: Peterborough (2 seats)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Hammond Whalley 340 35.3 +7.5
Liberal Thomson Hankey 320 33.6 +3.4
Liberal William Wells 303 31.8 N/A
Majority 17 1.8 −4.6
Turnout 482 (est) 75.1 (est) −5.0
Registered electors 641
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s[edit]

General election 1859: Peterborough (2 seats)[93][104]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomson Hankey 275 30.2 −4.4
Liberal George Hammond Whalley 253 27.8 +4.2
Conservative John Harvey Lee Wingfield[105] 195 21.4 New
Liberal James Wilde 187 20.5 N/A
Majority 58 6.4 −4.6
Turnout 455 (est) 80.1 (est) +9.3
Registered electors 568
Liberal hold Swing
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1857: Peterborough (2 seats)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Wentworth-FitzWilliam 321 41.8 +4.6
Whig Thomson Hankey 266 34.6 +1.8
Radical George Hammond Whalley 181 23.6 N/A
Majority 85 11.0 +8.2
Turnout 384 (est) 70.8 (est) −16.9
Registered electors 542
Whig hold Swing
Whig hold Swing
By-election, 25 June 1853: Peterborough[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical George Hammond Whalley 236 52.3 +0.6
Whig Thomson Hankey 215 47.7 −0.6
Majority 21 4.6 +1.2
Turnout 451 85.7 0.0
Registered electors 526
Radical hold Swing +0.6
  • Caused by the 1852 by-election being declared void on petition due to bribery and treating.[106] Although Whalley secured the most votes, his election was declared void owing to disqualification due to the earlier bribery and treating, and Hankey was declared elected.[107]
By-election, 6 December 1852: Peterborough[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical George Hammond Whalley 233 51.7 N/A
Whig George Cornewall Lewis[108][109] 218 48.3 −21.7
Majority 15 3.4 N/A
Turnout 451 85.7 −2.0
Registered electors 526
Radical gain from Whig Swing
  • Caused by Watson's death.
General election 1852: Peterborough (2 seats)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Wentworth-FitzWilliam 260 37.2 N/A
Whig Richard Watson 229 32.8 N/A
Conservative John Talbot Clifton[110] 210 30.0 New
Majority 19 2.8 N/A
Turnout 455 (est) 87.7 (est) N/A
Registered electors 518
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1840s[edit]

General election 1847: Peterborough (2 seats)[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Wentworth-FitzWilliam Unopposed
Whig William Cavendish Unopposed
Registered electors 553
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1841: Peterborough (2 seats)[93][43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Wentworth-FitzWilliam 317 38.8 +1.5
Whig Robert Heron 255 31.3 −3.3
Conservative Thomas Gladstone 244 29.9 +1.8
Majority 11 1.4 −5.1
Turnout 495 85.9 −3.6
Registered electors 576
Whig hold Swing +0.3
Whig hold Swing −2.1

Elections in the 1830s[edit]

General election 1837: Peterborough (2 seats)[93][43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig John Nicholas Fazakerley 311 37.3 −1.9
Whig Robert Heron 288 34.6 +0.5
Conservative William Edward Surtees[111] 234 28.1 +1.4
Majority 54 6.5 −0.9
Turnout 494 89.5 +3.2
Registered electors 552
Whig hold Swing −1.3
Whig hold Swing −0.1
General election 1835: Peterborough (2 seats)[93][43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Nicholas Fazakerley 412 39.2
Whig Robert Heron 358 34.1
Conservative Walker Ferrand 281 26.7
Majority 77 7.4
Turnout 591 86.3
Registered electors 685
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1832: Peterborough (2 seats)[93][43]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Nicholas Fazakerley Unopposed
Whig Robert Heron Unopposed
Registered electors 773
Whig hold
Whig hold
General election 1831: Peterborough (2 seats)[43][112]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Nicholas Fazakerley Unopposed
Whig Robert Heron Unopposed
Registered electors c. 730
Whig hold
Whig hold
By-election, 24 November 1830: Peterborough[43][112]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Nicholas Fazakerley Unopposed
Whig hold
  • Caused by Wentworth-FitzWilliam's resignation
General election 1830: Peterborough (2 seats)[43][112]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam Unopposed
Whig Robert Heron Unopposed
Whig hold
Whig hold

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